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- make allowance for
make allowance for
make allowance for
Also, make allowances for. Take into account extenuating circumstances, as in We have to make allowance for Jeff; he's very new to the business, or Grandma is always making allowances for the children's bad manners. [c. 1700]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Frida | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic |
| Deborah | | DEB-ə-rə (English), DEB-rə (English) | English, Hebrew, Biblical |
| DieudonnÉ | | dyuu-do-NE | French |
| Ngawang | | - | Tibetan, Bhutanese |
| Garnette | | - | English (Rare) |
| Harshada | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |