Today’s “Word of the Day” is “cash in on” and it is a phrasal verb meaning “use, utilize, capitalize (on), milk, exploit, take advantage of, use opportunity to get advantage, profit from, do well out of, turn to one’s advantage”.
Example Sentence: A few days later, archbishop Joseph Pamplany of the Thalassery Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church kicked up a political storm when he said farmers in Kerala would join hands to send a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member to the Lok Sabha if the Centre increased the price of natural rubber to ₹300, which is more than double the price now. The bishop stuck to his guns despite criticism. The BJP, which has been trying to woo the Christians, sought to cash in on his remark by saying it indicated the party’s growing acceptance among Christians.
This word is present in A bishop’s help to the BJP and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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