[sing.] (informal) permission that sb gives to do sth:
Nothing could be done without her say-so. * He has the final say-so on these matters (= the right to make decisions).
IDIOMS
on sb's say-so based on a statement that sb makes without giving any proof:
He hired and fired people on his partner's say-so.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for say-so is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is say-so a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, say-so is tagged as noun.
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