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adjective
Rude and disrespectful
Synonyms: presumptuous, arrogant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, proud, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart, brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity, wise
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verb
Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
Synonyms: assuming, supposing, presupposing, postulating, positing, venturing, daring, reckoning, surmising, speculating, reasoning, infringing, premising, imposing, guessing, considering, gathering, deducing, conjecturing, believing, anticipating
Antonyms: disbelieving
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verb
Dare; take the liberty
Synonyms: using, imposing, exploiting, abusing
Antonyms: abstaining
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verb
To have the courage to put forward, as an idea, especially when rebuff or criticism is likely
Synonyms: venturing, pretending, hazarding, daring