sharp end

Definitions

1. 1

   The bow of a ship.

2. 2

   The most difficult or dangerous aspect of something.

   • 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.
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sharp, end.

   • 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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