take advantage

VERB
  1. make excessive use of
    You are taking advantage of my good will!
    She is trespassing upon my privacy
  2. draw advantages from
    she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
    he is capitalizing on her mistake
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How To Use take advantage In A Sentence

  • There are some fantastic pubs and inns nearby but you should take advantage of the welcome pack you receive on arrival. The Sun
  • How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
  • Most fledgling parents or parents-to-be feel duty-bound to invest in some sort of guide to looking after a new baby, and publishers, naturally, feel duty-bound to take advantage of that by churning out one guide after another.
  • She crabbed again when he didn't take advantage of the multi-laned road.
  • If they are so disunited, then would it not be easy to take advantage of that and overrule them?
  • The best way to keep costs down is to book in advance and take advantage of any voucher codes. The Sun
  • Students can take advantage of internship and dissertation opportunities with companies in the energy and financial sectors that have sponsorship links to the university. Times, Sunday Times
  • I take advantage of the free time and attempt one of my less conspicuous sacroiliac-joint stabilization exercises. Literary Death Match: Wednesday Night in Washington Square Park
  • Market timing occurs when traders make rapid in-and-out trades in unit trusts to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies.
  • Learn why it is important to know that comics are a visual medium and how to take advantage of that in this free instructional video on graphic art.
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