put an edge on
Example Sentences
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It can put an edge on a writer too.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, to give the Cole Porter score bite, he put an edge on the staid Volksoper orchestra in the form of a dozen Viennese axmen, most of whom cut up in brass.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pity he did not live long enough to put an edge on it.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
To put an edge on the crisis, nearly the entire fort attended the wedding.
From Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister by Wetmore, Helen Cody
As soon as the ogre had put an edge on his teeth he ran to the chamber of the brothers, and finding the door fastened, he fell to kicking it to break it open.
From Stories from the Pentamerone by Basile, Giambattista
