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got one's own way

got one's own way is the simple past and past participle 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 got one's own way

What is got one's own way the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's own way is the simple past and past participle of get one's own way.

Words near got one's own way in the dictionary

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

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