permit me

permit me

Please allow me do something. This is a set phrase that typically precedes a polite action or gesture. "If you'll permit me, ma'am," the bellhop said, as he reached over to open the door for me.
See also: permit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • allow me
  • excuse, please
  • 'scuse, please
  • because of
  • scuse
  • Excuse me
  • guess what
  • Guess what!
  • kickoff
  • for a kick-off
References in classic literature
"As explicit as you were when you told me that you would not permit me to go to Guvutu?"
"In one breath you tell me I must go, and in the next breath you tell me there is no place to go and that you will not permit me to go.
Adventure
``my time in this castle will not permit me to exercise the duties of mine office I must presently forth there is life and death upon my speed.''
Ivanhoe
'You will, however, permit me,' replied the Editor.
Tales and Fantasies
Permit me to offer you my card, and should the time come when I may serve you, remember that I am yours to command."
The Return of Tarzan