say-so
Noun
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Noun
say-so
- (informal) Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.
- I wouldn't buy anything that expensive just on the say-so of a saleman.
- You are not to go into that room without my say-so.
- 1999, Jack C. Doppelt, Ellen Shearer, Nonvoters: America's no-shows, page 162:
- "I guess I have gotten fed up with the government. You're only helped if you're on the good side. If you're on the bad side, then you can't have help, you've got no say-so, and you've got no rights, […] "
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