Meaning of by your leave | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With your permission.
2. Request for permission.

Equivalents

Examples

“Sir I weare my weapon for mine owne defence, And by your leaue will weare it yet a while.”

“Miſtris Ford, by my troth you are very wel met: / by your leaue good Miſtris.”

“She leaned over and picked up Lightning. "By your leave⟳, your Grace."”

“"By your leave⟳, Mr. Turner" […] "By YOUR leave⟳, Mr. Norrington."”

“1897, Shanghai Mercury, Shanghai by Night and Day: Illustrated by 23 Reproductions from Photographs. Vol. I. The natives have⟳ gathered on the top of every grave mound near by and though many resent the riding over their fields without a so much as a 'By your leave⟳' […]”

“1946, Konstantin Trenev, In a Cossack Village, and Other Stories He picked flowers without so much as a 'by your leave⟳.'”

“One minute I'm a leper with a trade⟳, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave!”

“1986, Judith A. Jance, Trial by Fury 'To a place⟳ you've broken into without so much as a by-your-leave, to say⟳ nothing of a search⟳ warrant?'”

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