put an edge on
Example Sentences
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Then, to give the Cole Porter score bite, he put an edge on the staid Volksoper orchestra in the form of a dozen Viennese axmen, most of whom cut up in brass.
From Time Magazine Archive
It can put an edge on a writer too.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pity he did not live long enough to put an edge on it.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Well, I must take these down to the grindstone and put an edge on them.
From The Admirable Crichton by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The action of Loughborough, then, can only have put an edge on the King's resolve; and all speculation as to the exact nature of his "intrigues" at Weymouth or at Windsor is futile.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
