take advantage of

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

This approach allows scientists to take advantage of the well-established framework of many-body physics while also producing much more accurate simulations of complex systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

For teams to take advantage of blocking actions, they will have to be more subtle.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, he had to be up early Thursday, so he figured he might as well take advantage of the opportunity for a little extra sleep rather than stay up late to suffer through a blowout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Activist investors who want to force changes at underperforming closed-end funds take advantage of this rule by buying up a bunch of shares and then trying to change how the fund is run.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Then the men and dogs could take advantage of the wide, flat floes to get some exercise.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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