antaa lupa — meaning in English

English meaning

• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• authorize verb To give someone official permission or power to do something.
• enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
• permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.

Senses

antaa lupa is used for these senses in English:

• allow (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
• authorize (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
• enable To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
• permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

allow — full definition

1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
2. verb To make something possible.
3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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