"have it your way" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-have it your way.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} have it your way
  1. (idiomatic) Do something the way you want to, but be prepared for the consequences. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: have it your own way Related terms: go one's own way Translations (do something the way you want to): 隨你的便 (Chinese Mandarin), 随你的便 (suí nǐ de biàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 隨心所欲 (Chinese Mandarin), 随心所欲 (suí xīn suǒ yù) (Chinese Mandarin), tee niinkuin haluat (Finnish), fais comme tu veux (French), comme tu voudras (French), comme tu veux (French), wie du willst (German), mach wie du es willst (German), 勝手にしろ (katte ni shiro) (english: rude) (alt: かってにしろ) (Japanese), будь по-тво́ему (budʹ po-tvójemu) (Russian), де́лай как хо́чешь (délaj kak xóčešʹ) (Russian), поступа́й как хо́чешь (postupáj kak xóčešʹ) (Russian), haz lo que quieras (Spanish)

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      "word": "隨你的便"
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "随心所欲"
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
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      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "勝手にしろ"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "budʹ po-tvójemu",
      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "будь по-тво́ему"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délaj kak xóčešʹ",
      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "де́лай как хо́чешь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postupáj kak xóčešʹ",
      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "поступа́й как хо́чешь"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do something the way you want to",
      "word": "haz lo que quieras"
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