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

Weil Gotshal, a restructuring guru that advised Lehman Brothers, General Motors, and other big companies on the edge of collapse, is now weighing its own liquidation, the Financial Times reported and Semafor can confirm. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Possible char marks from a fire or damage from another source have marred the floor of a classroom at the modern but vacant public school campus at 1215 Miramar Street, on the edge of downtown. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

This place is meant for the resocialization of people who have committed crimes or are on the edge of doing so. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

As Latinos fled and avoided Ingram, the daily takeout orders at one Mexican restaurant on the edge of town dropped to 50 from 200. — Francesca D’annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for on the edge of

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