on the edge of

phrase

: very close to (something)

a species on the edge of extinction

The company was teetering on the edge of disaster/bankruptcy.

He was on the edge of saying something when the phone rang.

Examples of on the edge of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But there’s also an untidiness to it, teetering on the edge of its seams, threatening to unravel but always miraculously staying in place. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

This is Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, a Chinese city on the edge of the Gobi desert. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Dalton Knecht and Jarred Vanderbilt remain on the edge of the 15-man roster limit with less than two weeks remaining until the season opener. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Set at the foot of the Berkeley Hills, on the edge of a slope overlooking the San Francisco Bay, a pedigreed midcentury home was recently reimagined with both its original creator and its new steward in mind. — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for on the edge of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove