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
- automatization
- automatizations
- automatize
- automatized
- automatizes
- automatizing
- automato-
- automaton
- automatons
- automatous
- automats
- automechanism
- automen
- automeres
- automerises
- automerisses
- autometamorphic
- autometamorphism
- autometasomatic
- autometasomatism
- automimicry
- automobile
- automobile insurance
- automobile liability insurance
- automobile sled