get mileage out of
Make use of, obtain service from, as in The chorus got a lot of mileage out of that publicity, or You won't get much mileage out of that old TV set. This expression alludes to the number of miles of travel yielded by a given amount of fuel, a tire, or other auto equipment. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
Words nearby get mileage out of
get into trouble,
get involved,
get it,
get it on,
get lost,
get mileage out of,
get nowhere,
get off,
get off on,
get off on the wrong foot,
get off one's chest