Idiom
stepping razor
Meaning
A dangerous person, who is not to be messed with.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't argue with him — he's a stepping razor.”
“The locals warned us that the club's bouncer was a stepping razor who had hurt men twice his size.”
“In the novel, the protagonist's uncle emerges as a stepping razor, his quiet demeanor belying a capacity for sudden, ruthless violence that keeps even the corrupt police at a distance.”
Examples
simple
“Don't argue with him — he's a stepping razor.”
contextual
“The locals warned us that the club's bouncer was a stepping razor who had hurt men twice his size.”
complex
“In the novel, the protagonist's uncle emerges as a stepping razor, his quiet demeanor belying a capacity for sudden, ruthless violence that keeps even the corrupt police at a distance.”
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