give a handle
Example Sentences
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I should conceive it necessary, therefore, rather to submit with patience to their repeated delays than give a handle to the British party at Court.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Jared Sparks
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
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
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 Allen Johnson
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
