without so much as a by-your-leave



without so much as a by-your-leave

  (old-fashioned)
if you say that someone does something without so much as a by-your-leave, you mean you are angry because they did not ask your permission to do it That's twice now he's just marched in here without so much as a by-your-leave and picked a book off my shelf!
See also: much, without

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
UrielYUWR-ee-əl (English)Biblical, Hebrew
Carpenter['ka:pəntə]
KoreyKAWR-eeEnglish
Malkhazi-Georgian
JariYAH-reeFinnish
SammiSAM-eeEnglish (Rare)