verge on/upon
Definition of verge on/upon
: to come near to being (something) comedy that verges on farce His accusations were verging on slander.
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vergeplay
: brink, threshold
: something that borders, limits, or bounds: such as
: an outer margin of an object or structural part
: to be contiguous
: to be on the verge or border
: to move or tend toward the horizon : sink
: to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition
: to be in transition or change
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