avail oneself of
Save This Word!
Take advantage of, benefit by. For example, To get a better mortgage, he availed himself of the employee credit union. [Late 1500s]
Use, employ, as in I'll avail myself of the first cab to come along. [Mid-1800s]
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Words nearby avail oneself of
avadavat, avail, availability, available, available light, avail oneself of, avalanche, avalanche lily, avalanche wind, Valediction Forbidding Mourning, A, Avalokitesvara
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.