had one's way

Verb

have one's way (third-person singular simple present has one's way, present participle having one's way, simple past and past participle had one's way)

1. (idiomatic) To obtain the circumstances one wishes for; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do.

   Synonyms:

   get one's way

2. (idiomatic) To achieve a desired or natural result.
   • He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby. […] And so it was ten days or more before youth and health...[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, pages 62–63
3. (euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner.