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Meanings of put the knife in English

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Usage of put the knife in English
1
He shook his head and put the knife on the table again.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
2
Otherwise you might put the knife to me an' circ'cize a beggar.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
3
Will you fail yourself; and put the knife to your own throat?
Gala-Days
4
Then he put the knife down reluctantly and looked up at Hornblower.
Hornblower and the Crisis
5
You ignored other party goers telling you to put the knife down.
Radio NZ
6
As he gained his feet, Silus put the knife to Dunsany's throat.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
7
That done, he put the knife back in the drawer and shut it.
Les Misérables
8
He put the knife tenderly away in the bosom of his fur coat.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
9
Then he put the knife in his pocket, and they took their whips.
The Story of an African Farm
10
I put the knife under the mattress, right under the pillow.
Say you're one of them
11
After hesitating for a moment or two, Lefroy did put the knife down.
Dr. Wortle's School
12
Why, señor, I myself put the knife into that man's throat.
The Purple Land / Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adve...
13
Newt was so close I could have put the knife into his foot.
Obsidian Butterfly
14
She'll sell you, and get Kara to put the knife between your ribs.
Red Money
15
When he put the knife into the old man he had changed everything.
Dexter in the Dark
16
She put the knife away and stood up to face the crowding monsters.
Paths not taken
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