Say So

Word SAY SO
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Definitions and meanings of "Say So"

What do we mean by say so?

An unsupported statement or assurance. noun

An expression of permission or approval. noun

The right or authority to decide. noun

A saying or assertion; especially, an authoritative declaration; a command. noun

A personal assertion; an expression of individual opinion; hence, mere report; rumor. noun

Statement that something is so. noun

Permission. noun

Say, voice (in a matter). noun

The power or right to give orders or make decisions noun

An authoritative declaration noun

One chap's arbitrary assertion noun

Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.

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The word "say-so" in example sentences

Now as a psychoanalyst, I smile when I think of how I attempted to have some say-so in what was going to happen to me. ❋ Helen Davey (2010)

Umpires' calls are what philosophers of language call "performative utterances"—their say-so is what makes it so. ❋ Eric Felten (2011)

They have the authority (and the numbers) to bring the issue to the floor without Quinn's say-so. ❋ Tim Judson (2010)

Vaughan-Nichols--who also pronounces himself "not crazy about the idea that Google, or anyone else, can reach out and rip software out of one of 'my' devices without my say-so"--identifies another issue with Google's Android security strategy: its dependency on wireless carriers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

On the say-so of economists, Congress has spent upwards of $1 trillion to "stimulate" an economy that remains unstimulated. ❋ James Grant (2011)

I have a read about a lawsuit having been dismissed in October because the congregation, it was decided, no longer existed (isn't that a tautology ... the congregation and Church own the church buildings but the Church can declare that the congregation no longer exists and thus can have no say-so ... how would that work in a secular business partnership?). ❋ Unknown (2009)

We don't have the final say-so – therefore we do not judge. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This will be but a say-so parcel, it being principally intended to cheat the post-office, and you must forward the enclosed letters according to their directions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Abuse is easy because no proof is needed – an alleged blasphemer can be locked up, and even executed, on the say-so of witnesses. ❋ Unknown (2011)

With final say-so in the hands of the High Representative, Bosnian politicians have no accountability or incentive to govern. ❋ Elmira Bayrasli (2010)

What we need is for established writers, one's who have enough say-so, to start writing YA fiction about other races. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We're thinking of people like fund managers Bill Miller and Eddie Lampert, who were holders of Fannie and Freddie stock, as they later made known, partly on Mr. Paulson's say-so. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

What did surprise me was the number of letters from readers who were put off by my willingness to give my husband broad say-so in terms of my discretionary spending. ❋ Katherine Rosman (2011)

In fact, District residents are the only group of American citizens who pay federal taxes and contribute national guard troops to Afghanistan who are denied any say-so in how our government operates. ❋ Kelly Moore (2012)

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