"take advantage" meaning in English

See take advantage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes advantage [present, singular, third-person], taking advantage [participle, present], took advantage [past], taken advantage [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> advantage}} take advantage (third-person singular simple present takes advantage, present participle taking advantage, simple past took advantage, past participle taken advantage)
  1. (intransitive) To profit from a situation deliberately. Tags: intransitive Translations (profit from a situation): извличам изгода (izvličam izgoda) (Bulgarian), aprofitar (Catalan), aprofitar-se (Catalan), profiti (Esperanto), tirer profit (French), επωφελούμαι (epofeloúmai) (Greek), kihasznál (Hungarian), approfittare (Italian), avvantaggiarsi (Italian), makihuhunu (Maori), aproveitar (Portuguese), tirar proveito (Portuguese), получа́ть при́быль (polučátʹ príbylʹ) (Russian), tak the guid o (Scots), gabh brath (Scottish Gaelic), aprovechar (Spanish), aprovecharse (Spanish), dra nytta (Swedish)
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  2. To make use of something. Translations (make use of something): gebruikmaken van (Dutch), hasznosít (Hungarian), whakamahi (Maori), tak the guid o (Scots), gabh brath (Scottish Gaelic), aprovecharse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_advantage-en-verb-9F3mafjM Disambiguation of 'make use of something': 2 98
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