What does "allot on/upon" mean? [closed]
In Oxford Dictionary, under 'allot', it says that
to give time, money, tasks, etc. to somebody/something as a share of what is available
- Then, what does "I have been allotting upon going." mean?
- And how to use "allot on/upon" in sentences?
Solution 1:
Here's an extract from the book (1997)
"I allot upon going to such a place.
This verb is used only in conversation, and that, chiefly in the interior of New England.
But it is never heard among people of education. "
According to the graph
allot upon isn't widely used,
and allot on isn't used at all.
One of the few examples of using the verb:
"I know you'll be homely, wife ; but you may allot upon it if you be, you'll eventuate by getting the worst of it, for I shall be tarnation wrathy on my side. Mrs. Rapp."