Ah, 'scuse me, but I used the SEARCh at the AWAD/board to see if it had been discussed -- not a Google! Sorry I wasn't clearer.

And about "making bold" ... it is indeed an old way to ask permission to do something (sort of) before the fact.
Sometimes the phrases I use I learned from my parents ... and sometimes, writing here, I feel as if I am speaking Middle English to an erudite Modern Group !