give a handle
Example Sentences
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The "Specimens" would give a handle to it, which the poems might seem to want.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
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 Sutherland, George
We can hardly help exclaiming, “Oh, that practical Englishmen would spend their energies on larger issues rather than thus give a handle to their enemies!”
From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway
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)
But his presence at the scene was enough to give a handle to his enemies.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)
