by your leave
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
With your permission.
noun
Request for permission.
Example Sentences
- "Sir I weare my weapon for mine owne defence, And by your leaue will weare it yet a while."
- "Miſtris Ford, by my troth you are very wel met: / by your leaue good Miſtris."
- "She leaned over and picked up Lightning. "By your leave, your Grace.""
- ""By your leave, Mr. Turner" […] "By YOUR leave, Mr. Norrington.""
- "1897, Shanghai Mercury, Shanghai by Night and Day: Illustrated by 23 Reproductions from Photographs. Vol. I. The natives have gathered on the top of every grave mound near by and though many resent the riding over their fields without a so much as a 'By your leave' […]"
- "1946, Konstantin Trenev, In a Cossack Village, and Other Stories He picked flowers without so much as a 'by your leave.'"