MAKE HAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn to one's advantage

Example:

The environmentalist lobby made hay of the nuclear plant accident

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "make hay" is one way to...):

exploit; work (use or manipulate to one's advantage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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