make capital out of
Use profitably, turn to account, as in The challengers made capital out of the President's signing a bill that increased taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1855, uses capital in the sense of “material wealth used to create more wealth.”
Words nearby make capital out of
make bail,
make believe,
make bold,
make book,
make bricks without straw,
make capital out of,
make conversation,
make demands on,
make do,
make ends meet,
make eyes at