to one's advantage

6. PHRASE : PHR after v

If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.

• The government have not been able to turn today's demonstration to their advantage.
  

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turn something to one's advantage:

to make an advantage for oneself out of something (which might otherwise be a disadvantage). 

• Sally found a way to turn the problem to her advantage. 
• The ice cream store manager was able to turn the hot weather to her advantage.
  

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• We had to learn to use the landscape to advantage in combat. 
• She chose a dress that would show her fine figure to advantage.
  

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• use one´s talents to the best advantage; make the most of one´s talents. 자기의 재능을 최대한 이용하다
• Their political connections were used to good advantage. 그들의 정치적 연줄이 상당히 유리하게 이용되었다.
• That dress sets her figure off to better advantage. 그녀는 그 옷을 입으면 한층 더 본때가 있다
• sell a thing to good advantage 이익을 보고 팔다 
• Oil paintings show to better advantage at a distance.  유화는 좀 떨어져서 보면 더 잘 보인다

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