take advantage

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verb

1. draw advantages from (Freq. 11)
- he is capitalizing on her mistake
- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
• Syn:
capitalize, capitalise
• Derivationally related forms:
capitalisation (for: capitalise), capitalization (for: capitalize)
• Hypernyms:
profit, gain, benefit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. make excessive use of (Freq. 1)
- You are taking advantage of my good will!
- She is trespassing upon my privacy
• Syn:
trespass
• Hypernyms:
use
• Hyponyms:
impinge, encroach, entrench, trench
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP