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Prepositional phrase
without so much as a by your leave
- (dated) Omitting the social niceties, especially that of asking permission.
1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Outlaw of Torn:"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' ?"
2013, Strom Thurmond, A History of the African-American People:You just slam the fucking door without so much as a by your leave.
2014, Ashvajit Dharmachari, In the Footstep of the Buddha, page 212: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.
2021, Charles Edward Stowe, The Life Of Harriet Beecher Stowe: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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