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put an edge on

VERB
acuminate
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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

Getting wrecked's put an edge on you, sonny.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.

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




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