turn to good account

English

Alternative forms

• turn to account
• put to good account

Verb

turn to good account (third-person singular simple present turns to good account, present participle turning to good account, simple past and past participle turned to good account)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To use well; to take advantage of.

   Synonym: put to good use

Translations

put to good use — see put to good use

References

• “turn use sth to good account”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “put turn something to good account” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “turn something to (good) account”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “turn to account”, in Collins English Dictionary.