sharp end

Definitions

1. The bow of a ship.
   informal
2. The most difficult or dangerous aspect of something.
   figuratively
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sharp, end.

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Examples

“to be on/at the sharp end⟳ of something”

“to get⟳ the sharp end⟳”

“From individual stock⟳ exchange⟳ floor traders to prominent businessmen and establishment banks like⟳ Standard Chartered PLC, a growing list of Hong Kong identities are finding themselves on the sharp end⟳ of regulatory enforcement.”

“All of us have⟳ benefited from theft and environmental degradation, all of us have⟳ depended on new mines, new finds. North Queensland is just at the sharp end⟳.”

“The heat wave⟳ has been severe enough to make⟳ international headlines, but it is far from the only impact of climate change⟳ I’ve witnessed in the first half of my six-month journey through the country to research⟳ and report⟳ on climate change⟳ and the energy transition India is undertaking in an attempt⟳ to mitigate it. India is at the sharp end⟳ of this predicament.”

“Brutus did n't^([sic]) worry⟳ after he heard that his wife took a few hot coals. He called a servant and ran straight into his sword starting at the sharp end⟳.”

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