make the most of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to gain as much advantage, enjoyment, etc. as you can from sb / sth

   We've only got a couple of days with this joystick, so let's make the most of it.

In the movies · 6

• Things were good. We made the most of it.The Godfather Part II1974
• Now we're in disgrace, we might as well make the most of it.Hello, Dolly!1969
• We've only got a couple of days with this joystick, so let's make the most of it.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• And make the most of it.Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022
• You make the most of it, Nina!Black Swan2010
• Make the most of it, Mr. Poodleton.The Bad Guys2022
• Let's make the most of it.Gone Girl2014
• Then go make the most of it.American Underdog2021

Learn it in full scenes

• American Underdog2021
  • Kurt Warner's Impossible Dream
  • Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl
  • Kurt Earns Brenda's Name

From the same entry

• make as if to do
• make do
• make good
• make good
• make it
• make it with
• make like
• make much of
• make or break
• make of yourself
• make for
• make into

More idioms

• be done with
• kill two birds with one stone
• over again
• to hell with
• be to blame
• in return
• get the hell out
• on duty
• be under control
• break heart
• be too much
• don't ask