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by-your-leave

by-your-leave is the alternative spelling of by your leave.

Meaning of by your leave

Noun

by your leave (plural by your leaves)

  1. Request for permission.
    • 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' […]1897, Shanghai Mercury, Shanghai by Night and Day: Illustrated by 23 Reproductions from Photographs. Vol. I.

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Forms of by-your-leave

pluralby-your-leaves

Phrases with by-your-leave

Questions about by-your-leave

What is by-your-leave the alternative spelling of?
By-your-leave is the alternative spelling of by your leave.

Words near by-your-leave in the dictionary

  1. by-wash
  2. by-washes
  3. by-way
  4. by-ways
  5. by-works
  6. by-your-leave
  7. by-your-leaves
  8. bya
  9. Byabarra
  10. Byadbo Wilderness
  11. Byaduk

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