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turn to account en · VERB
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Synonym of turn to good account.
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, Max Carrados:
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turn to good account