USE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care
If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care
to take unfair advantage of; exploit. to use people to gain one''s own ends. to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually. to use drugs. to habituate or accustom. Archaic. to practice habitually or
Note: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin of the modern trust. Uses became popular in medieval England, where they were often secretly employed as a method of
This tool has many uses. [=you can do many things with this tool] Doctors have found a new use for the drug. According to the dictionary, the word has two uses. The technique has its uses
"Autumn" is used in British English and "fall" in American English. That''s an expression she often uses to describe how she feels.
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