English verb: take advantage | |||
1. | take advantage (possession) draw advantages from | ||
Samples | He is capitalizing on her mistake. She took advantage of his absence to meet her lover. | ||
Synonyms | capitalise, capitalize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | benefit, gain, profit | ||
2. | take advantage (social) make excessive use of | ||
Samples | You are taking advantage of my good will!. She is trespassing upon my privacy. | ||
Synonyms | trespass | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | use | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | encroach, entrench, impinge, trench | ||