give a handle
Example Sentences
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I should conceive it necessary, therefore, rather to submit with patience to their repeated delays than give a handle to the British party at Court.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Sparks, Jared
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 Fuller, Arthur B.
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 Church, R. W. (Richard William)
Thus, the old dame of Malvern, divining aright, our Challis may ask, or hint—"Please your Royal Highness, give a handle to my challice".
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
I have suffered too much from calumny to give a handle for evil-speaking.
From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
