give a handle

Example Sentences

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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)

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 Sutherland, George

We can hardly help exclaiming, “Oh, that practical Englishmen would spend their energies on larger issues rather than thus give a handle to their enemies!”

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

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 Sparks, Jared