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
The fracas with Dobson had done him all the good in the world, for it had cleared the problem of dubieties and had put an edge on his temper.
From Huntingtower by Buchan, John
And to put an edge on it, the thing had been said by one of his own juniors.
From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
