border on

verb

bordered on; bordering on; borders on

1

: to have a border on (something) : to lie on a boundary of (something)

The area my ancestors come from borders on the Atacama Desert.

2

: to be very like (something) : to come very close to being (something)

The play's dialog borders on the ridiculous.

an enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism

Examples of border on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The tension between the two boils over into a confrontation which only Eisenhower can adjudicate, a task complicated by his own arrogant British subordinate, a wiry and dislikable General Bernard Montgomery - played with a villainous verve bordering on the pantomime by Damian Lewis. —Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026

Shelley says the work borders on an experimental sound installation. —Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

There were times when its obsession with 1-1 and 2-1 scorelines bordered on the disturbing. —Oliver Kay, New York Times, 26 May 2026

An investigation is underway after human remains were discovered in a remote area near the Riverside County and San Diego County border on Saturday morning. —Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 May 2026

Rhymes for border on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon
• epsilon