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单词 to take 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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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).]
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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.
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