单词 | on the verge of |
释义 | on the verge ofSEE SYNONYMS FOR on the verge of ON THESAURUS.COM Close to, on the brink of, as in I was on the verge of calling the doctor when he suddenly got better, or Sara was on the verge of tears when she heard the news. This term uses verge in the sense of “the brink or border of something.” [Mid-1800s] Words nearby on the verge ofon the take, on the tip of one's tongue, on the town, on the up-and-up, on the uptake, on the verge of, on the wagon, on the warpath, on the watch, on the way, on the way out The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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