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Verb
take at advantage (third-person singular simple present takes at advantage, present participle taking at advantage, simple past took at advantage, past participle taken at advantage)
- (transitive) To avail oneself of an (often unfair) opportunity against.
1833, Sir Walter Scott, Anne of Geierstein:[…] he was a man of great personal vigour and activity, and unless taken at advantage, which no doubt was at present much to be apprehended, he was likely to make a formidable defence.
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