by-your-leave
noun
ˌbī-yər-ˈlēv 
: a request for permission
imposed … without so much as a by-your-leave
J. L. Granatstein
J. L. Granatstein
Word History
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
- beneficently
- benefices
- beneficia
- beneficial
- beneficial improvement
- beneficially
- beneficialness
- beneficialnesses
- beneficials
- beneficiaries
- dredged (up)
- dredged up
- dredgeman
- dredgemen
- dredger
- dredger master
- dredgers
- dredges
- dredges (up)
- dredges up
- dredgie
- dredging
- dredging (up)
- dredging bucket
- dredging up