Definitions for take advantage
take ad·van·tage

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1. capitalize, capitalise, take advantageverb

   draw advantages from

   "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"

2. trespass, take advantageverb

   make excessive use of

   "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"

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1. take advantageverb

   To profit from a situation.

2. take advantageverb

   To make use of something.

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1. take advantage

   The phrase "take advantage" refers to the act of utilizing or exploiting a particular situation, resource or person for one's own benefit or gain, often in an unfair, unethical or harmful way. However, it can also refer to making use of opportunities or advantageous situations in a positive and beneficial manner.

Matched Categories

1. • Profit
   • Use

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of take advantage in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of take advantage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of take advantage in a Sentence

1. Lin Bennett:

   It would be a plus for him that I hope he'll take advantage of.

2. President Trump:

   Nobody can take advantage of our farmers. We have a lot of money we've taken in from China, we're going to be distributing that money from Sonny( Perdue) to the farmers, and there's tremendous money, over and above that, that money was paid directly into the Treasury of the United States. This has never happened to China before. They never gave us 10 cents. Now they're paying us billions of dollars and we appreciate it.

3. Mairead Lavery:

   Our goal is to make sure that well run companies have the financial tools they need to get through this downturn. We want them to be ready to take advantage of the turnaround when it happens.

4. Tony Scott:

   Shame on us if we don't also take advantage of this time to come forward comprehensively and say, 'We need to make these other changes as well,'.

5. Leon Rodriguez:

   There's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=take advantage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Take_Advantage
3. ^ ChatGPT
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