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单词 ragged edge
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ragged edge

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noun

the brink, as of a cliff.
any extreme edge; verge.

Idioms for ragged edge

    on the ragged edge, in a dangerous or precarious position; on the verge or brink of: on the ragged edge of despair.

Origin of ragged edge

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Words nearby ragged edge

rage, rage quit, ragfish, ragga, ragged, ragged edge, ragged jacket, ragged robin, ragged school, raggedy, ragging
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Example sentences from the Web for ragged edge

  • They are mostly on the “border-land,” if not on the “ragged-edge” of insanity.

    The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul|Jirah D. Buck
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