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take advantage

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Verb1.take advantage - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
capitalize, capitalise
benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
2.take advantagetake advantage - make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
trespass
impinge, trench, encroach, entrench - impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
use - seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"


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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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