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to have it your way

to have it your way

16 4.2
Allow someone to do or choose what they want
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : hacerlo a tu manera
  • "Okay, have it your way, Doctor."
  • Okay, have it your way
  • Fine, have it your way
  • OK, have it your way

It's like, have it your way, you got it.

Examples

Synonyms

to have someone's way
vsto have it your way
7.7

To get what you want even when other people disagree

is achieved when preferences win after disagreement or discussion
to get one's way
vsto have it your way
  • Informal
4.3

Have what you want even when others try to stop you

is about choosing or receiving things according to personal wishes after discussion

Antonyms

to compromise
215 3.7

To settle a disagreement by each side giving up something

to follow orders
60 2.9

To do what a person in charge tells you without asking questions

How Influential

to call the shots
  • Informal
99 4.2
to have it your way
  • Informal
16 4.2
to decide
113 1.0
to compromise
215 3.7

Surface Forms

have it your way infinitive
had it your way past
had it your way past participle
having it your way present participle
has it your way third person singular

Morphology

have + it + your + way

The core idea — allowing something to be done in the manner someone prefers — is directly signalled by the constituents 'have' + 'it' + 'your way', so a B1 learner who knows those words can usually infer the basic meaning. However, the expression is a conventionalized turn with a pragmatic nuance of resignation or concession (often after disagreement) that is not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partly transparent.

Etymology

The phrase have it your way became famous as a restaurant slogan that promised customers a meal made your way. Because of this clear image of getting exactly what you want, it now means 'to do or get something the way you prefer'.