put to good use

English

Etymology

From put to use.

Verb

put to good use (third-person singular simple present puts to good use, present participle putting to good use, simple past and past participle put to good use)

1. (transitive) To make good use of something.

   Synonym: turn to good account

Translations

make good use of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: laittaa hyötykäyttöön, panna hyötykäyttöön
• French: mettre à profit (fr), tirer parti de (fr)
• Italian: approfittare di
• Polish: dobrze wykorzystywać impf, dobrze wykorzystać pf
• Portuguese: fazer bom uso por
• Spanish: dar buen uso

References

• “put something to good use” (US) / “put something to good use” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “put something to good use” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “put to good use” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.