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Meaning of make hay | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
    literally
  2. To take advantage of an opportunity.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“I suggested that this was a mistake, particularly at a time of national crisis on the railways, because it opened the way for critics of the railway to make hay - which Institute of Economic Affairs Director Richard Wellings duly did in an anti-rail article in the Daily Telegraph.”
“The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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