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ALLOW IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allow in mean? 

ALLOW IN (verb)
  The verb ALLOW IN has 1 sense:

1. allow to enter; grant entry toplay

  Familiarity information: ALLOW IN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLOW IN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Allow to enter; grant entry to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

admit; allow in; intromit; let in

Context example:

This pipe admits air

Hypernyms (to "allow in" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

admit (serve as a means of entrance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "allow in"):

repatriate (admit back into the country)

readmit (admit anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP


 Context examples 


By Elizabeth's instructions, she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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