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have a way with

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be skilled, adept, or graceful with or at (something).

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

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Examples

“She has a way with animals, and they seem instinctively to trust⟳ her.”
“to have⟳ a way with words”
“[…] The slinger can put⟳ a stone through a gnat's eye at forty paces, and the ugly one has a way with horses, but if my queen says that they must die⟳. . .””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

have a whack at have a whale of a time have a word have a word in someone's ear have a word with oneself have against

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