take the liberty
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission.
Example Sentences
- "I took the liberty of adding your name to the list."
- "—What about Dignam? says Bob Doran. Who's talking about ...? / —Dead! says Alf. He's no more dead than you are. / —Maybe so, says Joe. They took the liberty of burying him this morning anyhow."
- "The dials are all bunkum. While you were playing I took the liberty of altering them and for a whole hand the dials indicated that you must inevitably be holding eight clubs and four spades. All the time you were leading out hearts and diamonds and the automaton serenely followed suit."