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turn a profit
verb
make a profit; gain money or materially
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The company has not profited from the merger

• Syn: ↑profit
• Ant: ↑lose (for: ↑profit), ↑break even (for: ↑profit)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑profit (for: ↑profit)
• Hypernyms:
↑gain, ↑take in, ↑clear, ↑make, ↑earn, ↑realize, ↑realise, ↑pull in, ↑bring in
• Hyponyms: ↑line one's pockets, ↑turn a nice dime, ↑turn a nice penny, ↑turn a nice dollar, ↑clean up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP


Useful english dictionary. 2012.