presuming
verb
Meaning
- With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
- To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
- To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
- To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
- Confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
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