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empower(verb, support, release, pass, favor)
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give carte blanche(verb, expression, idiom, support, set)
2
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give leave(verb, expression, support, release, pass)
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give permission(verb, expression, support, release, pass)
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give stamp of approval(verb, expression, idiom, support, accept)
2
give the green light(verb, expression, idiom, support, accept)
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give the word(expression, idiom, allow, approve, sanction)
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2
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2
leave(verb, allow, approve, authorize, sanction)
2
license(verb, support, release, pass, favor)
2
notarize(verb, pass, approve, authorize, sanction)
2
pass(verb, support, release, favor, agree)
2
play ball(verb, expression, set, accept, settle)
2
recognize(verb, support, set, release, pass)
2
release(verb, support, pass, favor, agree)
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rubber-stamp(verb, support, accept, praise, pass)
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