take-advantage-of
Chunk: take advantage of
Meaning & Usage
Take advantage of has two distinct meanings. Positively, it means to use an opportunity or good situation to your benefit. Negatively, it means to unfairly exploit a person's kindness or weakness.
🧲 Common Collocates
- Positive (Opportunities): take advantage of the weather, take advantage of the sale, take advantage of the opportunity.
- Negative (Exploitation): take advantage of someone's kindness, feel taken advantage of.
💬 Contextual Examples
- The hotel offers a free breakfast, so we should definitely take advantage of it.
- You need to be careful so that the salesman doesn't take advantage of you.
- She took advantage of the sunny weather to paint the fence outside.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: It is a beautiful day; let's take ______ of it and go for a hike.
Answer:
advantage Practice 2: I feel like my boss is ______ advantage of my willingness to work late.
Answer:
taking Practice 3: He took advantage ______ the low interest rates to buy a new house.
Answer:
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