on the edge of
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: 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.
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Delicate Arch in Arches National Park: There's a reason why this is the park's most famous arch; the 46-foot-high rock structure sits on the edge of a cliff with the backdrop of the Colorado Plateau.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
Indicators from the past week paint an overall picture of an economy on the edge of a downturn, according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
The five-year-old lion called Blondie was killed on the edge of the Hwange National Park in northwest Zimbabwe in late June, three months after researchers fitted it with a GPS collar, the Africa Geographic travel company, which promotes conservation, reported.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
According to Variety, The Gilded Age continues to break its own viewership records—and fans aren't the only ones on the edge of their seats.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025
Indicators from the past week paint an overall picture of an economy on the edge of a downturn, according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
The five-year-old lion called Blondie was killed on the edge of the Hwange National Park in northwest Zimbabwe in late June, three months after researchers fitted it with a GPS collar, the Africa Geographic travel company, which promotes conservation, reported.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
According to Variety, The Gilded Age continues to break its own viewership records—and fans aren't the only ones on the edge of their seats.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
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