say-so
one's personal statement or assertion.
final authority; directing influence.
an authoritative statement.
Origin of say-so
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How to use say-so in a sentence
Compston managed all this without the say-so of the Courtauld, which sent him a stinging letter.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically Forgotten | Anthony Haden-Guest | January 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMarchman takes it as a given that MLB basing its case on the say-so of a sketchy Floridian drug-dealer is preposterous.
Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats | Michael Brendan Dougherty | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe Marie would wish then that she had thought twice about quitting him just on her mother's say-so.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerWhy, Richmoor and I very near came to quarrelling point because I would not frame my opinions by his say-so.
I, Thou, and the Other One | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrThe bank folks ain't goin' to take any one's say-so for him.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
She looked kinder mad and dignified at mother and Cousin Eunice because they hadn't asked her for her say-so about bands.
The Annals of Ann | Kate Trimble SharberIt is just possible that I took him through from New York without a train, by the mere say-so of my pen.
A Rebellious Heroine | John Kendrick Bangs
British Dictionary definitions for say-so
an arbitrary assertion
an authoritative decision
the authority to make a final decision
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