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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

If given [their way], they will clog the courts with useless and ridiculous lawsuits.

In the last few years, there has been much ado about the sexual harassment that supposedly goes on in grammar schools among children as young as seven and eight. Yet sexual harassment is a term that applies to adults. Children do not sexually harass one another. The term shouldn't be applied to children in the same way that it is to adults. Those who try to apply it to children are just overanxious, hysterical zealots desperately searching for sexism around every corner. They should not be encouraged. Above all, they should not be taken seriously. If given their way, they will clog the courts with useless and ridiculous lawsuits.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know here what "their way" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

if given their way if they are allowed to do what they want to do

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if given their way if they are allowed to do what they want to do
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Thank you, Clive, for your very kind answer.Emotion: smile
By any chance, could you please give me, if set phrase, only the meaning of "way" i
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park sang joon only the meaning of "way" in "if given their way?"
See entries #2 and #3. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/way?r=66
If you don't have an English dictionary, there are several on line.
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Tank you, AlpheccaStars, for the helpful link.Emotion: smile
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