Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To obtain the circumstances one wishes for.

    My little sister is so spoiled. She always gets her way, even when she misbehaves.

    доби́ться своего́dobítʹsja svojevó

Examples

377 sentences

  1. I got out of the way.

    Я відійшов з дороги. — deniko

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  2. The old man got in her way.

    Дід заступив їй дорогу. — uaspeaker

    ruСтарик преградил ей дорогу. — Hellerick

    deDer alte Mann kam ihr in die Quere. — Tamy

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  3. Tom got lost on his way here.

    Том загубився по дорозі сюди. — deniko

    ruТом заблудился по дороге сюда. — marafon

    deTom verlief sich auf seinem Weg hierher. — wolfgangth

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  4. There's got to be a way.

    Має бути якийсь спосіб. — deniko

    deEs muss einen Weg geben. — Zaghawa

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  5. A bus got in the way.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to obtain the circumstances one wishes for:

Forms

gets one's way, getting one's way, got one's way, got one's way
Base formget one's way · to get one's way
3rd person singulargets one's way
Present participlegetting one's way
Past simplegot one's way
Past participlegot one's way / gotten one's way

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget one's way
he, she, itgets one's way

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot one's way

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got one's way
he, she, ithas got one's way

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get one's way

Synonyms

1 synonyms
have one's way

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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