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give a handle
verb as in name
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The move is "likely to give a handle to the opposition, given his promise that he would live in a flat like a common man", the report says.
It is amusing, however, to find how even such a trifle as a choice of figures in a quadrille can help to mark caste, and give a handle for supercilious sneers.
This rebellion added another difficulty to those which were overwhelming the King and Queen; for not only did it thus give a handle to their enemies, but there were those who did not scruple to insinuate that the Queen was concerned in it.
Thus, the old dame of Malvern, divining aright, our Challis may ask, or hint—"Please your Royal Highness, give a handle to my challice".
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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