make mileage out of

Verb

To take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).

Japanese Meaning

（しばしば悲劇的または不運な状況を）利用する、悪用する / （困難な状況や不幸な事件などから）利益やメリットを引き出す

After the accident, opposition politicians tried to make mileage out of the tragedy.

事故の後、野党の政治家たちはその悲劇を利用して自分たちに有利にしようとした。

Sense（1）

To take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).

I would never make mileage out of the recent tragic deaths in their family.

makes mileage out of

（ present singular third-person ）

making mileage out of

（ participle present ）

made mileage out of

（ participle past ）

made mileage out of

（ past ）