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单词 to have one's way
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to have (also get, take) one's (own) way
(a) to have (also get, take) one's (own) way: to succeed in following or enforcing on others the course of action on which one is resolved; to get what one wants in spite of opposition; to do as one wishes. Cf. Phrases 1b(h), Phrases 1b(e)(i).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > wish or be disposed or inclined [verb] > do as one wishes
to have (also get, take) one's (own) way1549
to take one's willc1565
to have everything one's own way1653
to have it all one's own way1653
to do one's (own) thing1841
suit yourself1860
1549 R. Crowley Psalter of Dauid cxxix. sig. Oo.ivv Ryght ofte they haue fought against me from my yougth (may he saye) Yet agaynst me could they neuer, preuayle ne haue theyr waye.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Thomas of Wudstocke f. ixv In that ye be Lyeges learne to obaye, Submytting your wylles to your princes lawes, It sytteth not a subiecte to haue his owne waye.
1611 B. Jonson Catiline iv. sig. K4 Had I had my way, He' had mew'd in flames, at home, not i' the Senate. View more context for this quotation
1659 M. Nedham Interest will not Lie 18 Their Transcendentals, which render them unpleasant to the Civil power, and to dissenting parties, and would, if they might have their way, prove as dangerous as any.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxi. 146 Obstinate, perverse, undutiful Clarissa!..then take your own way, and go up!
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. x. 252 I have had..much ado to make him mind me; for he's all for having his own way.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 298 Every child knew that his majesty loved to have his own way and could not bear to be thwarted.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother xviii, in Enoch Arden, etc. 123 Kind, like a man, was he; like a man, too, would have his way.
1885 Manch. Examiner 8 June 4/7 If they do not get their own way they will resign.
1940 W. S. Churchill Into Battle (1941) 296 All Europe, if he [sc. Hitler] has his way, will be reduced to one uniform Boche-land.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 149 There was a good deal of bleating, but I got my way.
1990 A. Stevens On Jung iii. 33 A tyrannical father, who insisted always on having his own way, and made terrifying scenes whenever he was thwarted.
2007 L. Lippman What Dead Know xix. 164 He would have diagnosed her a rich bitch, or a daddy's girl at the very least, someone used to getting her way.
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