avail oneself of
Idioms-
Take advantage of, benefit by. For example, To get a better mortgage, he availed himself of the employee credit union . [Late 1500s]
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Use, employ, as in I'll avail myself of the first cab to come along . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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Latin sometimes has a number of words for an idea or an entity, and the English has not, but when English has the richer vocabulary, why not avail oneself of the variety possible?
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.
At the same dinner you may meet so many people, each having their peculiar gift, that one cannot avail oneself of the opportunity of extracting from each what is precious.
From Letters from England by Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis
Odds of weapons, when there is courage to avail oneself of them, forms a thorough counterbalance to odds of number.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
But, Daisy, that is a civil form of expression which it is usual to avail oneself of upon such occasions.
From Melbourne House by Warner, Susan
It is rarely worth while to notice criticism, but when a good chance of exposing one of these anonymous libellers who disgrace literature occurs, it is a public duty to avail oneself of it.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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