Venture to do something without first asking permission.
‘I took the liberty of checking out a few convalescent homes for him’
‘I took the liberty of fiddling with the scansion in Lines 3 and 7.’
‘My head feels as if it is stuffed with cotton wool, my tongue is made from plywood and someone took the liberty of welding a high pitched electronic buzzer to the inside of my middle ear.’
‘I took the liberty of participating in the coed and competitive basketball leagues and found, to my surprise, that there are a lot of good players.’
‘I took the liberty of putting down a deposit for you - or should I call it an ‘up-front payment’?’
‘Yesterday, Apple took the liberty of launching their newest iPod, called the iPod Nano.’
‘Since she owned the paper, she took the liberty of searching out and reporting her own stories.’
‘We took the liberty of marking up the photo to illustrate your points.’
‘While the establishment seemed to spoil the rich, she took the liberty to pamper the poor.’
‘Mark, while you were away from your desk I took the liberty of sorting the unopened incoming mail for you.’
‘I'm taking the liberty of passing along two short poems of my own; please do keep submitting yours, and please pass along the call for submissions to others.’
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