Capitalize on
Capitalize on verb - To take unfair advantage of.
Make and capitalize on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Capitalize on".
Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Capitalize on and make are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capitalize on" instead a verb "Make".
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Shout-Out: Hoping to capitalize on Orlando Jordan's Real Life bisexuality (in the stupidest way possible), they had Jordan make his re-debut dressed as Lady Gaga from the video for "Telephone".
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Deep Blue actually made a severely sub-optimal move, and Kasparov, thinking there was no way the computer would make such a rookie decision, didn't capitalize on it and thus left himself open to defeat.
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The entire New Republic somehow managed to divide itself into two factions over whether to defend the Bothans or to make them pay reparations (with the Empire ready to capitalize on the inevitable civil war).
Source: Screw You, Elves!
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