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the sharp end (mainly British)

the sharp end of an activity or job is the most difficult part where problems are likely to happen. She enjoys the challenge of being at the sharp end of investment banking. (usually + of)

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But if the shield was touched with the sharp end of the lance, the combat was understood to be at outrance, that is, the knights were to fight with sharp weapons, as in actual battle. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context Dantes struck with the sharp end of his pickaxe, which entered someway between the interstices. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Their hair, which was uniformly curly, came to a sharp end at the neck and cheek; there was not the faintest suggestion of it on the face, and their ears were singularly minute. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context More results

References in classic literature

But if the shield was touched with the sharp end of the lance, the combat was understood to be at outrance, that is, the knights were to fight with sharp weapons, as in actual battle.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

Dantes struck with the sharp end of his pickaxe, which entered someway between the interstices.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

Their hair, which was uniformly curly, came to a sharp end at the neck and cheek; there was not the faintest suggestion of it on the face, and their ears were singularly minute.

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

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