milking
noun/verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/
Definition
The process of extracting milk from a mammal, or metaphorically, the act of exploiting a situation or person for maximum gain.
Examples
The daily milking of the goats requires a steady hand and a calm environment.
He was accused of milking the company's resources for his own personal travel expenses.
She kept milking the story for attention long after the event had lost its relevance.
How to Use milking
- milking someone for (collocation)
- to get as much of something as possible from a person — "They were milking the donors for every last cent."
- milking a situation (collocation)
- to take full advantage of a circumstance — "He is milking the situation to gain sympathy from his coworkers."
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