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grow teeth
 v. phr.— «After meekly relinquishing a 65—and a record—to Bob Murphy and 7-under-par scores to a couple of others, the golf course grew teeth.» —by Bog Green in Ponte Vedra, Florida Associated Press Mar. 28, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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