turn to account

present singular third person turns to account · participle present turning to account · participle past turned to account · past turned to account

1. Synonym of turn to good account.

   1 more example

   There was conversation in the carriage and I learned certain details. One said that there would be an accident some day, and so forth. In a flash—as by an inspiration—I saw how the circumstance might be turned to account. A bad accident and the shares would certainly fall and my position would be retrieved.

   1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados

   Synonyms: turn to good account