leverage
/ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). · They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement.· They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.
He/she/it leverages · Past leveraged · Past participle leveraged · -ing form leveraging
Verb forms
- Base form
- leverage
- He/she/it
- leverages
- Past
- leveraged
- Past participle
- leveraged
- -ing form
- leveraging
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This diplomatic leverage proved paramount when the explorers reached the ancestral lands of the Shoshone, where they desperately required horses to traverse the daunting Bitterroot Mountains.
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