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                           Phrase(s): put some teeth into something  Fig. to increase the power or efficacy of something.  •  The mayor tried to put some teeth into the new law.  •  The delivery clause in the contract is too weak. Put some teeth into it.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs