take liberties

take liberties

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Verb

take liberties (third-person singular simple present takes liberties, present participle taking liberties, simple past took liberties, past participle taken liberties)

1. (idiomatic) To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission.
2. (idiomatic) To behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances.

Translations

act on one's own authority

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: ottaa vapauksia Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: взять на себя́ сме́лость (vzjatʹ na sebjá smélostʹ)

behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: ottaa vapauksia Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: допуска́ть во́льности impf (dopuskátʹ vólʹnosti)

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Swedish: ta sig friheter

See also

• take the liberty