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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I guess this came from the idea of saying “bye” or leaving when you’re going away..
Here’s some places it has been used:
http://www.skynewstranscripts.co.uk/tra … asp?id=342 – “they were sort of jilting them on television without so much as a bye or leave” – by a politician
http://www.ourecho.com/story-1867-My-Saving-Grace.shtml – “And with that, she and her child ran off into the aspens without a bye or leave.”
Of course, this should be a query to a superior to be relieved/depart “by your leave, sir”. Hence the confusion.
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Item was also discussed here:
“bye or leave” for “by your leave” by pne Contribute! 0 2005-11-04 01:34:34 by pne
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