make-the-most-of
Chunk: make the most of
Meaning & Usage
Make the most of means to use a good situation to your best advantage, or to enjoy something as much as possible before it ends. It is heavily associated with time, opportunities, and temporary conditions (like good weather).
🧲 Common Collocates
- Time & Conditions: make the most of the weekend, make the most of the sunshine, make the most of today.
- Opportunities: make the most of an opportunity, make the most of your education, make the most of a bad situation.
💬 Contextual Examples
- We only have three days in Rome, so we need to get up early and make the most of it.
- It's finally sunny outside; let's go to the beach and make the most of the weather.
- She was given a rare internship, and she fully intends to make the most of the opportunity.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: You are only young once, so you should make the ______ of it.
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most Practice 2: We decided to ______ the most of the clear skies and go hiking.
Answer:
make Practice 3: Even though the hotel wasn't great, we tried to make the most ______ our vacation.
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of 🔗 Knowledge Base Connections
- 🔑 Parent Keyword: make
- ⚖️ Synonym Chunk: take-advantage-of