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grow teeth v. phr. in golf, (said of a course or hole) to become difficult; generally, to increase in importance or effect. Editorial Note: The Oxford English Dictionary has a sense under toothpl. denoting the ability to compel or enforce, esp. by the exaction of penalties, etc.” dating to 1925. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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