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say-so
[ sey-soh ]
noun
- one's personal statement or assertion.
- final authority; directing influence.
- an authoritative statement.
say-so
noun
- an arbitrary assertion
- an authoritative decision
- the authority to make a final decision
Word History and Origins
Origin of say-so1
Example Sentences
Compston managed all this without the say-so of the Courtauld, which sent him a stinging letter.
Marchman takes it as a given that MLB basing its case on the say-so of a sketchy Floridian drug-dealer is preposterous.
Maybe Marie would wish then that she had thought twice about quitting him just on her mother's say-so.
Why, Richmoor and I very near came to quarrelling point because I would not frame my opinions by his say-so.
The bank folks ain't goin' to take any one's say-so for him.
She looked kinder mad and dignified at mother and Cousin Eunice because they hadn't asked her for her say-so about bands.
It is just possible that I took him through from New York without a train, by the mere say-so of my pen.
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