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show to advantage



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, show to good or one's advantage . Display in a flattering way, benefit, as in This lighting shows the paintings to advantage , or Your extensive use of quotations shows your learning to good advantage . [Mid-1300s]
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Because swordfish doesn’t show to advantage when it’s “rare,†a thinner slice makes it a cinch to sear the outside and cook the inside to perfection.

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As an excellent p. 62critic in his native language, and equally so in Hebrew and Rabbinical learning, his works are a sufficient proof; and his “Letters to Volney†show to advantage the depth of his reasoning powers and scientific acquirements.

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On this occasion, however, it unluckily did not show to advantage.

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Sometimes it was due to the fact that the child dwelling habitually on a deeper plane of reflection than other pupils—or than his teachers—did not show to advantage when prompt answers of the usual sort were expected.

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A coward every inch of him, he certainly did not show to advantage with an escort of constables about him.

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