get mileage out of

Idioms and Phrases

Make use of, obtain service from, as in The chorus got a lot of mileage out of that publicity , or You won't get much mileage out of that old TV set . This expression alludes to the number of miles of travel yielded by a given amount of fuel, a tire, or other auto equipment. [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]

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