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by your leaves

by your leaves is the plural 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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Questions about by your leaves

What is by your leaves the plural of?
By your leaves is the plural of by your leave.

Words near by your leaves in the dictionary

  1. by virtue of
  2. by way of
  3. by way of example
  4. by wire
  5. by your leave
  6. by your leaves
  7. by'm-by
  8. by'r
  9. by'r lady
  10. by't
  11. by-

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