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get your way

English translation: Do what you please with her

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English term or phrase:get your way
Selected answer:Do what you please with her
Entered by: Alex Zelkind (X)

03:00 Feb 22, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: get your way
the end: Imagine trying to get your way with madonna - a consummate Leo - but add a penis to the mix

What does it mean by "get your way"?
Buttercup
Do what you please with her
Explanation:
To sleep with her. Do what you like with Madonna
Selected response from:

Alex Zelkind (X)
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +8Do what you please with her
Alex Zelkind (X)
4 +2seduce
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Do what you please with her


Explanation:
To sleep with her. Do what you like with Madonna

Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  pike
7 mins
agree  Asghar Bhatti
40 mins
agree  jebeen
1 hr
agree  Fuad Yahya
1 hr
agree  antobasile
9 hrs
agree  Begoña Yañez
1 day 3 hrs
agree  Heidi Stone-Schaller: agree completely. I believe it is even more common to say "HAVE your way", as Jennifer pointed out.
1 day 7 hrs
agree  senin
1 day 9 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
seduce


Explanation:
This sounds to me like a variation of "to HAVE your way with somebody", usually to have sex with (or otherwise seduce, whatever way "your way" is!)

workfluently
United States
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva
1 hr
  -> thanks, lai'an
agree  senin
1 day 9 hrs
  -> thanks, senin
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