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Definition make a virtue of something in American English

make a virtue of something phrase

phrase
1

to get benefits by accepting a situation that you cannot change and using it to your advantage

Example

We can make a virtue of these delays, and use the time to make sure everything is done right.

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Definition make a virtue of something in American English