make use of

Idioms and Phrases

Utilize, use, as in I hope readers will make use of this dictionary . This expression dates from the late 1500s. Shakespeare had it in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2:4).

Example Sentences

Sam Rowlands, the Welsh Conservative health spokesperson said: "The Welsh Conservatives would immediately scrap the restrictive NHS guidance that locks patients in their local area, blocking cross-community and cross-border working, to make use of extra capacity to reduce excessive NHS waits in the short term and look to enact a substantial workforce plan to tackle the more deep-seated issues in the longer term."

From BBC

The April 2026 start for the policy means they may not have time to make use of existing rules to skip inheritance tax by passing on an asset seven years before death.

From BBC

"We want everyone to be able to make use of the hills, from the local landowners to the people walking and enjoying them," said Dr Pinkerton.

From BBC

The so-called “racially blind” prosecution approach, launched at Stanford University and championed by Gascón while he was San Francisco’s district attorney, has not yet been implemented in Los Angeles, but Hochman said he plans to make use of it.

From Los Angeles Times

Last year an LGA survey of around a third of English councils found nine in 10 had councillors who would make use of virtual meetings if allowed.

From BBC

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