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.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fabien	-	French
Hercules	HUR-kyə-leez (English)	Roman Mythology
AbigaÍL	-	Spanish
Salvatore	sahl-vah-TO-re	Italian
Pauline	['pɔ:lain]
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian