Meaning of make the most of | Babel Free
Definitions
To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.
idiomatic, transitive
Examples
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
“Help me make the Most of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world”
“But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart.”
“How much time you have doesn’t matter, when you really care about someone, if you make the most of it.”
“As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.