by-your-leave
1by-your-leave — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a request for permission look over one s correspondence without so much as a by your leave Frances Towers * * * /buy yeuhr leev /, n. an apology for not having sought permission. [1910 15] * * * by your leave «BY yuhr LEEV,… …
2by your leave — by (or with) your leave with your permission with your leave, I will send him your address …
3take your leave — take (your) leave to go away from a gathering. Barlow could only manage a few brief words before taking his leave of this group of happy supporters …
4take your leave — old fashioned phrase to say goodbye Thesaurus: goodbyes and to say goodbyehyponym ways of saying hellosynonym Main entry: leave …
5with your leave — ˌby/ˌwith your ˈleave idiom (formal) with your permission Main entry: ↑leaveidiom …
6by-your-leave — noun Date: 1894 a request for permission < imposed…without so much as a by your leave J. L. Granatstein > …
7by-your-leave — noun Alternative spelling of by your leave …
8without so much as a by your leave — old fashioned phrase rudely, without asking permission She came in without so much as a by your leave and started telling us what to do. Thesaurus: impolite and rudesynonym Main entry: leave * * * without ( …
9without a by your leave; without so much as a by your leave — without a ˌby your ˈleave; without so much as a ˌby your ˈleave idiom (old fashioned) without asking permission; rudely • He walked straight in, without so much as a by your leave. Main entry: ↑leaveidiom …
10without so much as a by-your-leave — old fashioned if you say that someone does something without so much as a by your leave, you mean you are angry because they did not ask your permission to do it. That s twice now he s just marched in here without so much as a by your leave and… …
