turn to good account
English
Alternative forms
- turn to account
- put to good account
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) Use well; 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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