say-so
- n one chap's arbitrary assertion
- n an authoritative declaration
- n the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- You won't be able to move them, reread them, download them to your Palm Pilot and you certainly won't be able to lend them to a friend without their say-so.
- This included Akinola's, which does nothing without his say-so.
- Two-thirds of the patients quit--probably unnecessarily--on their doctor's say-so in preparation for surgery or because of minor intestinal bleeding.