Meaning of without so much as a by your leave | Babel Free

Definitions

Omitting the social niceties, especially that of asking permission.

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Examples

“"What now," he said, "have the King's men respect neither for piety nor age that they burst in upon the seclusion of a holy man without so much as a 'by your leave' ?"”

“You just slam the fucking door without so much as a by your leave.”

“By lunchtime the Professor had had enough, and he left the retreat, his Brahminical thread and all, without so much as a by your leave.”

“I had a new sympathy for babies, poor little things, who are rocked hours at a time without so much as a “by your leave” in the case.”

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