单词 | to take one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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). ΘΚΠ 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. to take one's way (a) to take one's way. To set out on a journey; to journey, travel. [Compare Anglo-Norman prendre sa veie and Middle French, French prendre sa voie (14th cent. or earlier), and also Anglo-Norman emprendre sa veie (mid 13th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1054 Eiþer tok tit is way to his owne chaumber. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 327 After þe enterment þe kyng tok his way, To þe south he went þorgh Lyndesay. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §836 And right anon they tooken hir wey to the court of Melibe. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vii. f. cxlv Sayenge these wordes [the foxe] toke his waye & ranne as fast as he myght. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1909) III. 588 And they came forth at þe south durre in þe Mynstere & toke their wey thurgh the newe bildyng downe þe Bailly-lane. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 93/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Taking hys way to Downemore..where hee lay at Chirurgerie. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xlviii. sig. D2v How carefull was I when I tooke my way, Each trifle vnder truest barres to thrust. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 149 Lord Paulet..took his way toward Myneard. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 649 They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow, Through Eden took thir solitarie way . View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Dennis Liberty Asserted iii. vi. 37 This moment to my Troops, I take my way, I doubt the French, and dare no longer Stay. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 88 Onward still his way he takes. a1838 Bushes & Briers (single sheet) Through bushes and through briers, I lately took my way. 1893 J. Ashby-Sterry Naughty Girl xviii. 157 As she took her way sadly and slowly down the pier. 1908 W. Churchill Mr. Crewe's Career xi. 167 Austen took his way slowly across the State-house park. a1944 F. B. Farris From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents (1985) 123 Then I packed my trunk and took my way back to the rancho. 2006 New Yorker 24 Apr. 118/2 I took my way to her through traffic. < as lemmas |
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