- take a liberty
- Make free, make bold, presume.
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take a liberty
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take the liberty of — ◇ If you take the liberty of doing something, you do something without asking for permission to do it. I took the liberty of making a reservation for us. I took the liberty of telling them you weren t interested. • • • Main Entry: ↑liberty … Useful english dictionary
take the liberty — To venture or presume • • • Main Entry: ↑liberty * * * venture to do something without first asking permission I have taken the liberty of submitting an idea to several of their research departments … Useful english dictionary
take the liberty of — (doing something) formal to do something that will have an effect on someone else without asking their permission. I took the liberty of reserving us two seats at the conference. I hope that s all right by you. (usually in past tenses) … New idioms dictionary
take the liberty — ► take the liberty do something without first asking permission. Main Entry: ↑liberty … English terms dictionary
take the liberty — may I take the liberty to order champagne? Syn: presume, venture, be so bold as … Thesaurus of popular words
take the liberty of doing something — take the liberty of (doing something) formal to do something that will have an effect on someone else without asking their permission. I took the liberty of reserving us two seats at the conference. I hope that s all right by you. (usually in… … New idioms dictionary
take a liberty with — to make an unwanted sexual approach Always by the male: Nobody ever tried to take a liberty with her. (M. McCarthy, 1963) Take liberties, meaning the same thing, is obsolete: ... [the licentious monk] proceeded to take still… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
take the liberty — verb To act on ones own authority. I took the liberty of adding your name to the list … Wiktionary
take the liberty — venture to do something without first asking permission. → liberty … English new terms dictionary
take the liberty — allow oneself to, feel free to … English contemporary dictionary
take the liberty to — feel free (to do something), allow oneself … English contemporary dictionary
