have one's way

English

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)

(idiomatic, of a person) 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.
(idiomatic) To achieve a desired or natural result.
- , J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, pages 62–63:
  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 had their way, and I was strong again; and all that time Elzevir Block sat by my bed, and nursed me tenderly as a woman. So piece by piece I learned the story of how they found me.
(euphemistic, followed by with) To have sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner.

to obtain the circumstances one wishes for

to achieve a desired or natural result

to have sexual intercourse with — see have one's way with