English-French translations for take advantage

• profiter
  Il faut profiter de cette situation. We should take advantage of that.
  Je dois profiter de ce que vous êtes � nouveau présent. I must take advantage of you being here again.
• tirer parti
  Aidez-nous, s'il vous plaît, à tirer parti de cette expérience. Please help us to take advantage of this experience.
  La Commission souhaite aider les pays en développement à tirer parti du commerce. The Commission wants to help the developing countries to take advantage of trade.
  D’énormes opportunités économiques existent pour les deux parties pour croître et tirer parti de nouveaux marchés. Massive economic opportunities exist for both parties to grow and take advantage of new markets.
• tirer profit
  Nous devons tirer profit de cette situation. We must take advantage of this situation.
  Nous devons agir sans tarder si nous entendons tirer profit de cet avantage. We must act quickly to take advantage of this potential.
  La nouvelle période de programmation devrait tirer profit de cette expérience positive. The new programming period should take advantage of this positive experience.

Definition of take advantage

• To profit from a situation deliberately
• To make use of something

Examples

• She took advantage of the economic crisis to exchange some money

Related words

• stakewall; stockade
• take bread and salt
• take advantage of
• take bladders for lanterns
• take it into one's head
• take the bread out of someone's mouth
• head caretaker
• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the lead