Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Advantage
- take advantage of
- to advantage
- have the advantage of
- take advantage of
- to advantage
Origin of Advantage
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From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
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Middle English avantage from Old French from avant before from Latin abante from before advance
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Advantage Sentence Examples
We took full advantage of our opportunity.
Josh had the advantage of size, but Alex was faster.
Did he arrange to have Alex out of the way, or was he simply taking advantage of the situation?
How could he take advantage of her that way?
I don't know what I was thinking of, taking advantage of you that way.
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