take+advantage+of

  • 1take advantage of — take advantage (of (something)) to use an opportunity to get or achieve something. He took advantage of the prison s education program to earn a college degree. There are peaches and strawberries grown on the farm, and I sure take full advantage… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 2take advantage — (of (something)) to use an opportunity to get or achieve something. He took advantage of the prison s education program to earn a college degree. There are peaches and strawberries grown on the farm, and I sure take full advantage of them. Usage… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 3take advantage of — take advantage (of (someone)) to use someone s weakness to improve your own situation. Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 4take advantage — (of (someone)) to use someone s weakness to improve your own situation. Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 5take advantage of — ► take advantage of 1) make unfair use of for one s own benefit. 2) dated seduce. 3) make good use of the opportunities offered. Main Entry: ↑advantage …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6take advantage — index deceive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 7take advantage of — index bait (lure), bilk, capitalize (seize the chance), defraud, delude, dupe, employ (make use of) …

    Law dictionary

  • 8take advantage of — phrasal 1. : to make use of for one s own benefit : use to advantage : profit by extends his examination … to take advantage of modern methods of diagnosis Morris Fishbein feels we are not taking proper advantage of our opportunity R.A.Smith 2 …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9take advantage of — I. act at the best time, seize the opportunity    I took advantage of the low price of gasoline. I bought 500 litres. II. hurt or abuse someone who trusts you    I feel very angry toward people who take advantage of children …

    English idioms

  • 10take advantage of — idi a) to make use of for gain: to take advantage of an opportunity[/ex] b) to impose upon, esp. unfairly, as by exploiting a weakness …

    From formal English to slang