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Take advantage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Take advantage has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

draw advantages from

"he is capitalizing on her mistake"

"she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"

2

make excessive use of

"You are taking advantage of my good will!"

"She is trespassing upon my privacy"

3

To profit from a situation deliberately.

Example Sentences
"he is capitalizing on her mistake" verb
"she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" verb
"You are taking advantage of my good will!" verb
"She is trespassing upon my privacy" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
profit use
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
impinge
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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