to make use of something
91make a virtue of something — to get benefits by accepting a situation that you cannot change and using it to your advantage We can make a virtue of these delays, and use the time to make sure everything is done right …
92make a hole in something — informal to use a large part of an amount of money Childcare can make a huge hole in parents budgets …
93make over — v. redo; refashion; change a person s appearance by using cosmetics and changing hairdo and style of clothes; remodel; reconstruct completely and renovate something in order to give it a new use; reconstruct or renovate a place (house,… …
94take advantage of something — phrase to use a situation or opportunity to get what you want Moss took advantage of the defender’s mistake to score a goal. take full advantage of something: Many schools don’t take full advantage of the Internet. Thesaurus: to use something, or …
95throw something away — 1 she hated throwing old clothes away: DISCARD, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrap heap, clear out, dump, jettison; …
96avail yourself of something — formal phrase if you avail yourself of something, you use it Only a few companies have availed themselves of the free training programme. Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym Main entry: avail * * * aˈvail yourself of sth …
97call something into play — cause or require something to start working so that one can make use of it our active participation as spectators is called into play * * * call sth into ˈplay idiom (formal) to make use of sth • Chess is a game that calls into play all your… …
98convert something to one's own use Law — wrongfully make use of another s property. → convert …
99put the screws on/to someone or something — put the screws on/to (someone or something) informal : to use force or the threat of force to make (someone or something) do what you want The government is finally putting the screws to an industry that s been evading environmental laws for… …
100throw something away — 1》 discard something as useless or unwanted. ↘waste or fail to make use of an opportunity or advantage. 2》 (of an actor) deliver a line with deliberate underemphasis. → throw …
