give a handle

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

There are often things said about the effects of conversion which are very far in advance of reality, and give a handle to caricature.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander