English-French translations for take the liberty

• prendre la liberté
  Je souhaite simplement prendre la liberté de protester contre la tenue de ce débat. I merely wish to take the liberty of protesting against our having this debate.
  Avant de conclure, je voudrais prendre la liberté de faire un dernier commentaire concernant l'étiquetage. Before concluding, I shall take the liberty of making one final point, which concerns labelling.
  Nous avons donc voté contre ce rapport. Nous voudrions également prendre la liberté de vous renvoyer aux explications de vote antérieures concernant la politique de la pêche. We would also take the liberty of referring to earlier explanations of vote concerning fisheries policy.

Definition of take the liberty

• To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission

Examples

• I took the liberty of adding your name to the list.

Related words

• taken together
• take the bull by the horns
• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the rough with the smooth
• the devil take the hindmost
• take the piss
• take the count
• take the chance
• take the mickey
• take the cake