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take advantage of
Idioms and Phrases
Put to good use; avail oneself of; also, profit selfishly by, exploit. For example, Let's take advantage of the good weather and go hiking , or They really take advantage of her good nature, getting her to do all the disagreeable chores . [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
Determined to take advantage of the financial support, she enrolled in four classes for the spring semester.
"Of course, I could take advantage of this," she adds.
“If you want to take advantage of the strength of the diaspora, then you have to tone down your rhetoric.”
The Manx suggestion of needing five years of residency on the island to be eligible is to try to stop people going there to take advantage of the scheme, as people do by travelling to Switzerland's Dignitas clinic.
The bill will not be passed yet, since the Isle of Man's lower house has rejected an amendment that would have meant people would only need residency on the island for one year to take advantage of the legislation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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