on the verge of
idiom
: at the point when (something) is about to happen or is very likely to happen
The company was on the verge of going bankrupt.
The child was on the verge of tears.
We were on the verge of divorce.
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With The Coin, Zaher creates a hypnotic portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
And the tension between Bert (who wants to revolutionize the world rather than revolutionizing cinema) and Steve (who just wants to make movies, and is upset that Bert is on the verge of bankrupting their production company to help Huey) never really comes to life.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
And the tension between Bert (who wants to revolutionize the world rather than revolutionizing cinema) and Steve (who just wants to make movies, and is upset that Bert is on the verge of bankrupting their production company to help Huey) never really comes to life.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
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“On the verge of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20verge%20of. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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