permission slip
Noun
Meaning
permission slip (plural permission slips)
(US, education) A paper form that a school sends home with a student to a parent, onto which the parent provides authorization for the student to attend a certain event, such as a field trip.
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Examples
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.
I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.
America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.
Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.