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Kris G Posted 9 years ago
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Angela Merkel managed to leverage German economic power into diplomatic power to lead a major security effort on behalf of the world, which, most importantly, entrusted her with that effort.

What's the meaning of leverage here? Can you give me a synonym?

  

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org/wiki/leverage To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).

  • org/wiki/leverage To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leverage

To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).

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