give a handle
Example Sentences
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There are often things said about the effects of conversion which are very far in advance of reality, and give a handle to caricature.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
They contained themselves, knowing that the least indiscretion would give a handle for aggression to the enemies of the good cause.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller
Nay, it would seem like cowardice, and only give a handle to your enemies to tax you with it.
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
So long as he does not give a handle to his enemies to be used against him, he is fairly contented to go on from year to year in a humdrum style.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by George Sutherland
Over-subtlety in the leader of a party tends to perplex friends and give a handle to opponents.
From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by R. W. (Richard William) Church
