get own way



get your own way

to succeed in being allowed to do what you want He's enormously likable and charming and usually gets his own way.
See also: get, own, way

get your own way

to succeed in persuading other people to let you do what you want She sulks every time she doesn't get her own way. I wanted to watch a movie, but Chris got his own way and we spent the afternoon watching the football.
See also: get, own, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Juliana[dʒu:li'a:nə]
Mattiasmah-TEE-ahs (German)German, Swedish
LillaLEEL-lawHungarian
Sebastiana-Italian
GautamaGAW-ta-maSanskrit
Seth (1)SETH (English)English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek