give a handle

Example Sentences

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Nay, it would seem like cowardice, and only give a handle to your enemies to tax you with it.

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

I have suffered too much from calumny to give a handle for evil-speaking.

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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

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)

At the same time he was equally quick to see that the acquisition would give "a handle to the malcontents."

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen