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take at advantage

take at advantage verb: to avail oneself of an (often unfair) opportunity against.

Verb

take at advantage (third-person singular simple present takes at advantage, present participle taking at advantage, simple past took at advantage, past participle taken at advantage)

  1. (transitive) To avail oneself of an (often unfair) opportunity against.
    • […] he was a man of great personal vigour and activity, and unless taken at advantage, which no doubt was at present much to be apprehended, he was likely to make a formidable defence.1833, Sir Walter Scott, Anne of Geierstein

Forms of take at advantage

third-person singular presenttakes at advantage
present participletaking at advantage
pasttook at advantage
past participletaken at advantage

Questions about take at advantage

What does take at advantage mean?
Take at advantage means to avail oneself of an (often unfair) opportunity against.
What part of speech is take at advantage?
Take at advantage is a verb.
What is the past tense of take at advantage?
The past tense of take at advantage is took at advantage.

Words near take at advantage in the dictionary

  1. take air
  2. take aloft
  3. take an axe to
  4. take an l
  5. take apart
  6. take at advantage
  7. take at face value
  8. take attendance
  9. take away
  10. take away from
  11. take aways

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