verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
allay suspicion formal (= make people stop having suspicions )
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She had to allay their suspicions and stop them probing any further.
allay/quell sb’s misgivings (= stop someone from being worried )
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He tried to allay her misgivings about the flight, with little success.
ease/allay/dispel sb’s fears (= help someone stop being afraid )
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Frank eased my fears about not being able to speak the local language.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
concern
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Meanwhile Friday's retail sales figures allayed some concerns about the prospect of an abrupt economic landing.
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That would allay concerns about public confidence in the paediatric services at Middlesbrough General Hospital.
fear
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Counselling should explore the employee's concerns about the move and try to allay fears .
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In this way he can discuss current information with his wife and help to allay her fears .
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Kelly argues that the removal of the requirement to aid decision-makers would allay fears .
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Even the precautions he took could not allay her fears and it wasn't too long before he gave up trying.
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Some Alliance supporters made statements that did little to allay such fears .
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The virtual extinction of the dragon sister tutor should also help to allay your fears .
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But he failed to allay fears that he will be a fatally flawed candidate when pitted against President Bush next autumn.
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It might not allay fears , but it will clarify them.
suspicion
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Sly had to allay their suspicions and stop them probing any further.
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Margaret came from a wealthy family, and Richard was anxious to allay any suspicion that he had married for money.
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This huge increase should have allayed the peasants' suspicions of the new regime, but this was hot the case.
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To allay suspicion she ate three spoonfuls herself but was found out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Showing her his identity card went some way towards allaying her suspicions.
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The government is anxious to allay public fears over the safety of beef.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the conclusion of the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, Roosevelt tried to allay them.
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But as if to allay our disappointment, teams of curious sea lions kept popping up near our kayaks.
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In this way he can discuss current information with his wife and help to allay her fears.
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Kelly argues that the removal of the requirement to aid decision-makers would allay fears.
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One might well conclude the dismissal was a feint, a hollow gesture to allay perceived public outrage.
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The concessions in the spring parliament of 1340 did not, however, allay the discontent in the countryside.
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They have not taken the time to allay their own worries and uncertainties.