take at advantage

verb

To avail oneself of an (often unfair) opportunity against.

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Meanings

verbtake 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)

present singular third person takes at advantage · participle present taking at advantage · past took at advantage · participle past taken at advantage

  1. transitiveTo 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
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APA

take at advantage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20at%20advantage

MLA

“take at advantage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20at%20advantage. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take at advantage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20at%20advantage.

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