have a way with

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have a way with (third-person singular simple present has a way with, present participle having a way with, simple past and past participle had a way with)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be skilled, adept, or graceful with or at (something).
    She has a way with animals, and they seem instinctively to trust her.
    to have a way with words
    • 2011, George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire), Book Five, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 303:
      [] The slinger can put a stone through a gnat's eye at forty paces, and the ugly one has a way with horses, but if my queen says that they must die. . .”

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