Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic,of a person)Toobtainthe circumstances onewishesfor; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do.; (idiomatic)To achieve adesiredornaturalresult.[1898],J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, inMoonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.:Jonathan Cape, published1934,→OCLC,pages62–63: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 healthhad 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 bywith)To havesexual intercoursewith, especially without theconsentof one's partner.
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