make the most of en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To realize the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.
But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart.
2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC:Help me make the Most of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world
1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair, performed by Tears for Fears:Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “(please specify the essay number)”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC:As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:How much time you have doesn’t matter, when you really care about someone, if you make the most of it.
2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 13, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| made the most of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made the most of | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| making the most of | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| makes the most of | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (18)
hu kihasznál (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · es aprovechar (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu kamatoztat (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu sáfárkodik (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · fi hyödyntää (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · fr profiter (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · gl tirar proveito de (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · vi tận dụng (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu (jól/maximálisan) hasznosít (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu a legtöbbet hozza ki belőle (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu felhasznál (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · es sacar provecho (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · es sacar partido (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · ca aprofitar (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu kiaknáz (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · fi ottaa kaikki irti (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · hu gyümölcsöztet (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of) · gl aproveitar ao máximo (realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of)