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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 | ||
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