have a way with someone—have natural ability to deal well with smb.:
- I oughtn’t to blame you if Marion’s taken a shine to you. You must have a way with women.
have one’s way with someone—
1. impose one’s authority on a person:
- …they were pagans. And thus I had my way with them, and we set sail at once.
2. (euph.) make a person have sex:
- Although she struggled, she was no match for him and he had “had his way with her.”