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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