- do as one pleases; act on one's own will; act wilfully; be free to do what one likes; be master of one's time; be one's own man; do everything freely; do just as one please; do whatever one likes [pleases]; do whatever one wants to do; have one's own way; have [take] one's (full) swing; stop at nothing:
The time when they could do just as they pleased has gone forever.
他们为所欲为的时代已经一去不复返了。