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Take advantage of someone vs Take someone at advantage

take advantage of someoneoutwit a person, especially unfairly; make undue use of an advantage:

  • “You have brought me here under false pretences,” I cried. “You have taken cowardly advantage of me.”

Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase have the advantage of someone—(also: have an advantage over someone) have a better position or opportunity than another person:

  • “You have the advantage of me in courtesy as well as in years, sir,” I replied.

take someone at advantage(dated) take a person by surprise:

  • The enemy effected a passage across the sierra, where a much inferior force to his own might have taken him at advantage.