make allowance for

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

But we all must make allowance for his newfound “strong focus” on the coronavirus, which Trump is fighting with every tool in his golf bag: not just irons and wedges, but putters, drivers and fairway woods.

From Washington Post

Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.

From Washington Post

When this happens, it’s often useful to heed Rudyard Kipling’s advice: “Trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too.”

From Nature

Most would have accepted Frappart’s penalty call as understandable five years ago; now, with a mechanism in place that has been proselytized as a guarantee of accuracy failing to live up to its billing, there is no need to make allowance for human error.

From New York Times

Duckworth accepts the method is not foolproof, particularly because it cannot make allowance for the identity of players still to bat after a rain delay.

From Seattle Times

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