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have_one's_way_with

have one's way with

English

Verb

have one's way with

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To engage in sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner.
    • 1964 July 18, "Ann Landers—Your Problems," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (Canada), p. 8 (retrieved 26 Sep. 2011):
      Their daughter is being married in haste because she had the misfortune to go out with a terrible young man who took her to a wild beach party, got her drunk, and then had his way with her.
    • 2004 May 12, "FSC student acquitted of 2002 campus sex assault," Worcester Telegram & Gazette (USA), p. 8 (retrieved 26 Sep. 2011):
      "She passed out, and when she passed out he had his way with her," Assistant District Attorney Anthony J. Marotta told the jury in his closing argument.

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