give a handle
Example Sentences
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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
I have suffered too much from calumny to give a handle for evil-speaking.
From Ursula by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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 Arthur B. Fuller
