"have one's way with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has one's way with [present, singular, third-person], having one's way with [participle, present], had one's way with [participle, past], had one's way with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's way with|head=have one's way with}} have one's way with (third-person singular simple present has one's way with, present participle having one's way with, simple past and past participle had one's way with)
  1. Synonym of have one's way (“to obtain the circumstances one wishes for, with somebody or something”) Synonyms: have one's way [synonym, synonym-of], go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with Related terms: have a way with, have one's way
    Sense id: en-have_one's_way_with-en-verb-Vo6j4t6r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46
  2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To engage (as the more active or dominant partner) in sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner; rape. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (engage in sexual intercourse): coitize Synonyms (rape): outrage, ravish, turn out, violate, vitiate Translations (to engage in sexual intercourse): 強暴 (Chinese Mandarin), 强暴 (qiángbào) (Chinese Mandarin), maata (Finnish), llevar al huerto (Spanish), pasar por la piedra (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-have_one's_way_with-en-verb-vhIQ0BSK Disambiguation of Sex: 35 65 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'engage in sexual intercourse': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'rape': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'to engage in sexual intercourse': 4 96

Inflected forms

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