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Say-so

noun

One chap's arbitrary assertion.

An authoritative declaration. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.

The power or right to give orders or make decisions. Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency. "Deputies are given authorization to make arrests" , "A place of potency in the state"

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"Say-so" Quotes from Famous Books

... lived an' that I'd keep an eye on you an' see that nothin' wrong happened to you. Your mother couldn't speak none then, Miss Donnie, but she give my hand a little press to show she was on an' that whatever I did was done with her say-so. Consequently, Miss Donnie, any time you need a friend you just ring up the Silver Dollar saloon an' tell the barkeep to call Hennage to the 'phone. Remember! I ain't the presumin' kind, but I ...

— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne

... you thought so much of Lola!" he exclaimed. "She wasn't the kind of child a stranger'd be apt to get attached to. I hope you don't think I'd do anything mean? That isn't my style! All is, I'm her father, and a father ought to have some say-so. Now aint ...

— A Prairie Infanta • Eva Wilder Brodhead

... modern to an extreme. Auntie Gibbs declared it was without "rhyme or reason." "Letting a girl do as she pleases isn't bringing up at all. That child should have a strong hand to guide her. Every child should. And me, who could do it, ain't allowed no say-so." ...

— The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan • Lizette M. Edholm

... on his say-so. He give me the leaf out of his old log, with his noon position the day before he was lifted off his ...

— Isle o' Dreams • Frederick F. Moore

... climbed into the wagon, he turned around and said in his ordinary gruff manner: "Bring the lunch up to the field yourself to-day, Patience. Tell your sister I hope she's come to her senses in the course of the night. You've got to learn, both of you, that my 'say-so' must be law in this house. You can fuss and you can fume, if it amuses you any, but 't won't do no good. Don't encourage Waitstill in any whinin' nor blubberin'. Jest tell her to come in and go to work and I'll overlook what she done this time. And don't you give me any more of your eye-snappin' ...

— The Story Of Waitstill Baxter • By Kate Douglas Wiggin