Definition of "take advantage" [take advantage]

• To profit from a situation. (verb)
• To make use of something. (verb)

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• "Kissinger confronted Dobrynin in a rage, notes the national security advisers biographer, seeing this as an effort to take advantage by playing off the two channels against each other."
• "My parents are at the club all day for some charity golf tournament, and I told Little Mom and Dad Junior that they should take advantage of the absence and enjoy the afternoon."
• "I take advantage of the visit by Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard A."