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get mileage out of



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Idioms and Phrases

Make use of, obtain service from, as in The chorus got a lot of mileage out of that publicity , or You won't get much mileage out of that old TV set . This expression alludes to the number of miles of travel yielded by a given amount of fuel, a tire, or other auto equipment. [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]
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Years later, the aging Hollywood icon continued to get mileage out of his colorful life story.

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The film doesn’t have to rev too hard to get mileage out of the idea of the car as a metaphor for America.

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Even though he’s unstable and occasionally interferes with their snuggling-up, they figured they’d get mileage out of his populist appeal.

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Of course, in the Trump era, both sides can get mileage out of the spectacle.

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A writer can get mileage out of scorning the book trailer while also promulgating the book trailer.

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