take advantage of

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take advantage of

verb takes advantage of · taking advantage of · took advantage of · taken advantage of

  1. transitive To use or make use of. He took advantage of the swimming pool every day of his visit.
  2. transitive To exploit. She took advantage of his desperation.

    Similar: presume

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verb make use of

Españolaprovecharse, aprovechar
Portuguêsaproveitar
Françaisprofiter de
Deutschnutzen, Gebrauch machen von
Italianosfruttare, approfittare
Românăabuza de, exploata
Русскийвоспо́льзоваться vospólʹzovatʹsja, испо́льзовать ispólʹzovatʹ
العربيةاِسْتَغَلَّ istaḡalla

verb exploit

Españolaprovecharse
中文壓榨 yāzhà, 剝削 /剥削 bōxuē
Portuguêstirar vantagem de, explorar
Deutschausnutzen, einen Vorteil ziehen aus
Italianoavvantaggiarsi
Românăexploata
Русскийэксплуати́ровать ekspluatírovatʹ, воспользоваться vospolʹzovatʹsja

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@misc{take_advantage_of_2026,
  title = {take advantage of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20advantage%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}