Gets its way

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triannen

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Hello,

I heard a sentence on the tv..

I have been using this parfume for four years. It still gets its way to unpleasantly suprize me..

What is the meaning of ''gets its way' ?

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Hello,

I heard this sentence on TV.

I have been using this perfume for four years. It still gets its way to unpleasantly surprise me.

What is the meaning of ''gets its way"?

Thanks

get one's way
 

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so, it means perfume gets what it wanted..

This sentence does not make any sense then..I can't understand the meaning actually..
 

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so, it means perfume gets what it wanted..

This sentence does not make any sense then..I can't understand the meaning actually..
It doesn't make any sense.
 

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I agree. It makes no sense at all. If it's unpleasant in any way, surprising or expected, why wear it for four years?
 

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"It still has a way of unpleasantly surprising me" sounds better. Still doesn't make a lot of sense.
 

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Hello,

I heard a sentence on the tv..

I have been using this parfume for four years. It still gets its way to unpleasantly suprize me..

What is the meaning of ''gets its way' ?

Thanks


I am confused. Was this dialog meant to be taken sarcastically? Otherwise, it makes no sense to me! :-?
 
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