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make an exception
Idioms and Phrases
Exempt someone or something from a general rule or practice, as in Because it's your birthday, I'll make an exception and let you stay up as late as you want . This expression was first recorded about 1391.Example Sentences
The charity advised applying for a visa naming themselves as sponsors, despite the new rules, in the hope the Home Office would make an exception.
Swedish police are usually cautious about naming suspects and would not normally do so ahead of charges being laid, but Ms Bergkwist said they expected to make an exception in this case and release a name in the coming days.
As for working from home, he would make an exception for software writers who "get up at three o'clock in the morning with some kind of brainstorm" and for the physically disabled.
He’s stuck to his vow to launch mass deportations, but said he might make an exception for “dreamers,” migrants who came to the United States as children.
The UFC rarely host events at stadiums, but White says he is willing to make an exception for Topuria, touting Madrid or Barcelona as possibilities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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