enable
verb
to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something
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To give someone an opportunity to do something
hand over
to give power or control to someone else
give someone a try
to give someone an opportunity to do something
open doors
to give someone opportunities
deal in
to allow someone to take part in something with you
give someone enough rope (to hang themselves)
to allow someone to do something in the way that they want to when you know that they will probably fail
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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