show to advantage
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On this occasion, however, it unluckily did not show to advantage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
If he does not show to advantage in a new role he may shelve it for a while, as he seems to be doing with Manrico in Il Trovatore.
From Time Magazine Archive
At present she did not show to advantage, her deck being littered with stores of all kinds that had come on board late.
From The Treasure of the Incas by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Without money you may be honest," he went on, handing the check to the Major, "but your honesty doesn't show to advantage.
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
A coward every inch of him, he certainly did not show to advantage with an escort of constables about him.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
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