put to good use

Idioms  

1. Employ to the best advantage, as in I'm sure this dictionary will be put to good use.

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Example Sentences

Mural-size photographs of Angkor’s temples by Jaroslav Poncar make up accent walls throughout the show and are put to good use here, providing context for otherwise displaced ornaments.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mater Lumley offered a clean pocket handkerchief, which Lord Fredrick put to good use.

From Literature

The younger Swanburne girls had lived in terror of her bloodcurdling scream, which was put to good use every autumn at Heathcote’s annual Haunted Hay Maze festival.

From Literature

All the preparation in case of an emergency was put to good use by the coach trained in CPR and the athletic trainer who knew how to use an AED machine.

From Los Angeles Times

"No matter how many are delivered, all will be put to good use," he tells the BBC.

From BBC

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