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make mileage out of

make mileage out of verb: to take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).

Verb

make mileage out of (third-person singular simple present makes mileage out of, present participle making mileage out of, simple past and past participle made mileage out of)

  1. To take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).
    • I would never make mileage out of the recent tragic deaths in their family.

Forms of make mileage out of

third-person singular presentmakes mileage out of
present participlemaking mileage out of
past participlemade mileage out of
pastmade mileage out of

Questions about make mileage out of

What does make mileage out of mean?
Make mileage out of means to take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).
What part of speech is make mileage out of?
Make mileage out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make mileage out of?
The past tense of make mileage out of is made mileage out of.

Words near make mileage out of in the dictionary

  1. make me
  2. make meat
  3. make mention
  4. make mention of
  5. make merry
  6. make mileage out of
  7. make mincemeat of
  8. make mincemeat out of
  9. make moan
  10. make mockery of
  11. make money

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