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gets one's own way

gets one's own way is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's own way.

Meaning of get one's own 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

Questions about gets one's own way

What is gets one's own way the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets one's own way is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's own way.

Words near gets one's own way in the dictionary

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

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