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take advantage

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take advantage (of somebody)
to use someone's weakness to improve your own situation Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do.
See also: advantage, take

take advantage (of something) also take full advantage (of something)

to use an opportunity to get or achieve something He took advantage of the prison's education program to earn a college degree. There are peaches and strawberries grown on the farm, and I sure take full advantage of them.
Usage notes: often said of someone who has opportunities that others do not have: The rich can take advantage of clever accounting tricks to avoid taxes.
See also: advantage, take
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Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity.
The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context
As he was ignorant what force these chiefs might have behind the hills, and as it was very possible they might take advantage of some pass of the river to attack the boats, Mr.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
I am scarcely objectively aware that I think when I fight, so quickly does my point take advantage of every opening, or spring to my defense if I am threatened that it is almost as though the cold steel had eyes and brains.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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