See make hay on Wiktionary
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"To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed."
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"(literally) To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed."
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"ref": "2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 46:",
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"To take advantage of an opportunity."
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"(idiomatic) To take advantage of an opportunity."
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"word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopf ergreifen"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "faner"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopf ergreifen"
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
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"word": "make hay"
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