turn to good account

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Verb

turn to good account (third-person singular simple present turns to good account, present participle turning to good account, simple past and past participle turned to good account)

(transitive, idiomatic) To use well; to take advantage of.
Synonym: put to good use

Translations

put to good use — see put to good use

References

“turn use sth to good account”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“put turn something to good account” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“turn something to (good) account”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“turn to account”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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