make an exception (for someone)
- make an exception (for someone)
make an exception (for someone)
to suspend a rule or practice for someone in a single instance. •
Please make an exception just this once.
•
The rule is a good one, and I will not make an exception for anyone.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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