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
- circularity
- circularization
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