give a handle
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
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 Mary Lamb
All that could possibly give a handle to criticism," says Marmontel, who was present, "was groaned at or turned into ridicule.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
