by your leaves

A form of by your leave — With your permission.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of by your leave

    April 1 1785, Robert Burns, The First Epistle to John Lapraik But by your leaves, my learned foes / Ye're maybe wrang

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APA

by your leaves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20your%20leaves

MLA

“by your leaves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20your%20leaves. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “by your leaves,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20your%20leaves.

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