"have one's way" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-have one's way.ogg Forms: has one's way [present, singular, third-person], having one's way [participle, present], had one's way [participle, past], had one's way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's way}} have one's way (third-person singular simple present has one's way, present participle having one's way, simple past and past participle had one's way)
  1. (idiomatic, of a person) To obtain the circumstances one wishes for; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: have one's way with Translations (to obtain the circumstances one wishes for): få sin vilje (Danish), saada tahtonsa läpi (Finnish), averla vinta (Italian)
    Sense id: en-have_one's_way-en-verb-9Ns4PjEW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 11 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 9 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 76 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 11 19 Disambiguation of 'to obtain the circumstances one wishes for': 91 6 3
  2. (idiomatic) To achieve a desired or natural result. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to achieve a desired or natural result): tehdä tehtävänsä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-have_one's_way-en-verb-on0~RHOS Disambiguation of 'to achieve a desired or natural result': 4 95 1
  3. (euphemistic, followed by with) To have sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-have_one's_way-en-verb-ozwR1o81 Categories (other): English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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