put teeth into

put teeth into something

to make a law or rule effective The threat of fines and jail put real teeth into the laws regulating how and where children can work.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akemi	ah-ke-mee	Japanese
Vidar	VEE-dahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Freddie	FRED-ee	English
Djuro	-	Serbian
Onyekachukwu	-	Western African, Igbo
Agassi	['ægəsi]