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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Plus, there’s the love of water that has Brotman on the verge of a career sweep of double wins in the CIF San Diego Section girls swimming championships.
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Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
Leverkusen is, of course, Europe’s great form team: on an unbeaten run that now stretches to 42 games, and on the verge of claiming its first German championship.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Civil War, which is Henderson’s fifth A24 collaboration, begins in the near future, as secessionists are on the verge of seizing the White House from its dictatorial, third-term president (Nick Offerman).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The Warriors have won nine of their last 10 and are on the verge of ending the regular season on a hot streak for the fourth time in as many years.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Arizona’s Democratic attorney general Kris Mayes is pledging not to enforce the law, and Governor Katie Hobbs is arguing, nonsensically, that the state is on the verge of banning contraception and in vitro fertilization.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 Apr. 2024
After decades of detaining psychiatric patients in maximum security prison cells, Idaho is finally on the verge of building a secure mental health facility that would house those with serious mental illness more humanely.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2024
The tremendous synergy between these two forces is on the verge of bringing about a revolution.
—Danielle Sabrina, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war in 2015 to prop up the Assad regime, at the time on the verge of collapse.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024
Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
Leverkusen is, of course, Europe’s great form team: on an unbeaten run that now stretches to 42 games, and on the verge of claiming its first German championship.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Civil War, which is Henderson’s fifth A24 collaboration, begins in the near future, as secessionists are on the verge of seizing the White House from its dictatorial, third-term president (Nick Offerman).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The Warriors have won nine of their last 10 and are on the verge of ending the regular season on a hot streak for the fourth time in as many years.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Arizona’s Democratic attorney general Kris Mayes is pledging not to enforce the law, and Governor Katie Hobbs is arguing, nonsensically, that the state is on the verge of banning contraception and in vitro fertilization.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 Apr. 2024
After decades of detaining psychiatric patients in maximum security prison cells, Idaho is finally on the verge of building a secure mental health facility that would house those with serious mental illness more humanely.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2024
The tremendous synergy between these two forces is on the verge of bringing about a revolution.
—Danielle Sabrina, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war in 2015 to prop up the Assad regime, at the time on the verge of collapse.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 27 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2024.
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