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get one's own way

get one's own way verb: synonym of get one's way.

Verb

get one's own way (third-person singular simple present gets one's own way, present participle getting one's own way, simple past got one's own way, past participle gotten one's own way or got one's own way)

  1. Synonym of get one's way.
    Synonyms:
    get one's way

Synonyms of get one's own way

Forms of get one's own way

third-person singular presentgets one's own way
present participlegetting one's own way
pastgot one's own way
past participlegotten one's own way
past participlegot one's own way

Questions about get one's own way

What does get one's own way mean?
Get one's own way means synonym of get one's way.
What part of speech is get one's own way?
Get one's own way is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's own way?
The past tense of get one's own way is got one's own way.

Words near get one's own way in the dictionary

  1. get one's marching orders
  2. get one's mind out of the gutter
  3. get one's monkey up
  4. get one's oats
  5. get one's own back
  6. get one's own way
  7. get one's panties in a bunch
  8. get one's panties in a pretzel
  9. get one's panties in a wad
  10. get one's poop together
  11. get one's priorities right

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