"allow it" means: Don't worry about it; let it be.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
allow it
(slang, MTE, MLE) Don't worry about it; let it be.
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glados tried to ask her out and mettaton hijacked it so now queen and mettaton are going out which isn't exactly what i was going to but is also really funny so i'll allow it
No I haven’t forgotten the remain campaign was so disastrous and useless as to allow it to be dominated and defined by lies and nonsense.
Doesn’t say much for the adults that allow it.
You don’t realise what you do.. the way you exist near me shifts everything… like my body recognises you before I allow it to….
Convincing the ignorant that AI is infallible and to allow it into all aspects of our lives is the new huge lie. Like "trickle down" economics 40 years ago. Something new for the wealthy to manipulate, control, and ha…
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(slang, MTE, MLE) Don't worry about it; let it be.
“glados tried to ask her out and mettaton hijacked it so now queen and mettaton are going out which isn't exactly what i was going to but is also really funny so i'll allow it”
—The fuck is her problem? —Allow it fam, she's had bare drinks.
"allow it" means: Don't worry about it; let it be.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"allow it" means: Don't worry about it; let it be.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“glados tried to ask her out and mettaton hijacked it so now queen and mettaton are going out which isn't exactly what i was going to but is also really funny so i'll allow it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No I haven’t forgotten the remain campaign was so disastrous and useless as to allow it to be dominated and defined by lies and nonsense.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Doesn’t say much for the adults that allow it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You don’t realise what you do.. the way you exist near me shifts everything… like my body recognises you before I allow it to….”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Convincing the ignorant that AI is infallible and to allow it into all aspects of our lives is the new huge lie. Like "trickle down" economics 40 years ago. Something new for the wealthy to manipulate, control, and harvest, the masses.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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