turn to advantage
Example Sentences
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Might he not yet turn to advantage this hesitancy of Crispin's to strike the final blow?
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
He rarely missed a point he could turn to advantage.
From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville
Fixed capital consists of buildings, machines, tools, &c.—Hold lands in capite, to hold them directly from the sovereign.—Make capital out of, to turn to advantage.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Then he sought to turn to advantage the embarrassment into which he had plunged her.
From A Love Episode by Émile Zola
There's something in that which may turn to advantage.
From The Beaux-Stratagem by George Farquhar
