get mileage out of
Example Sentences
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Years later, the aging Hollywood icon continued to get mileage out of his colorful life story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
The film doesn’t have to rev too hard to get mileage out of the idea of the car as a metaphor for America.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2018
A writer can get mileage out of scorning the book trailer while also promulgating the book trailer.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2016
Will the show still get mileage out of Sharon's irritation and Rob's doofy optimism after a few years of marriage?
From The Verge ● Jul. 18, 2015
"I get mileage out of my machine; I don't drive around town and then spend two days shoveling out carbon."
From Homeburg Memories by Fitch, George
