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by-your-leave

[bahy-yer-leev]

noun

  1. an apology for not having sought permission.

by-your-leave

noun

  1. a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of by-your-leave1

First recorded in 1910–15

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