The alcohol had taken the edge off, just like she needed.

Something to take the edge off the way she was feeling.

How long would it take the leading edge of a Fall to pass over?

Michael then found an easier way to get across by taking the edge of the course around.

You can use it to take the edge off the pain.

He smiled, trying to take the edge off the moment.

I smiled just enough to take the edge off my words.

"Well for you that I had taken the edge off them!"

It takes the edge of just enough I can get by.

Perhaps she thought it would take the edge off what was to follow.