Definitions for by-your-leave

by-your-leave by-your-leave

Spelling: [bahy-yer-leev]
IPA: /ˈbaɪ yərˈliv/

By-Your-Leave is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in by-your-leave (--abeeloruvyy).

Definitions for by-your-leave

noun

  1. an apology for not having sought permission.

Origin of by-your-leave

First recorded in 1910-15

Examples for by-your-leave

He stuffed me into that suffocating basketball without a by-your-leave and they threw me overboard.

And, even if they succeeded, the Imperial Government would take twenty per cent of the gross without so much as a by-your-leave.

Yet everywhere was hope and geniality and by-your-leave as if weddings were in the wind and not the overture to death.

Two pompous, red-cheeked, red-necked individuals stepped forward, without so much as a "by-your-leave!"

The idea of going right into the pantry without a how-do-you-do 21 or a by-your-leave!

Ulick naturally thought Paul a bit of a cad to invade his room and carry off his guest without a by-your-leave!

I suspected him of being too anxious to rid himself of the ambiguous trust imposed upon him without so much as a by-your-leave.

You knew, of course, that he'd gone without so much as a by-your-leave to me?

Why, he had only seen her once, and he said he would marry her with never a by-your-leave!

"I am obliged to you for that, kinsman," said his lordship in Gaelic, with a by-your-leave to the cleric.

Word Value for by-your-leave
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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