without a by your leave



without (so much as) a (for or) by your leave

without (the least hint of) asking for permission. Without so much as a for or by your leave, they just walked into our house. He left, without a by your leave.
See also: leave, without

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZackZAKEnglish
Adelaə-DEL-ə (English), ah-DE-lah (Polish)English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
HjalmarYAHL-mahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Onisimu-Old Church Slavic
Crystin-Welsh
Nikolaas-Dutch