verge

verge
verge1 [və:dʒ US və:rdʒ] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: 'long pole', from Latin virga; from within the verge 'within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority']
1.) be on the verge of sth
to be at the point where something is about to happen
▪ Jess seemed on the verge of tears .
▪ an event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown
▪ Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction.
be on the verge of doing sth
▪ The show was on the verge of being canceled due to low ratings.
2.) BrE the edge of a road, path etc
▪ the grass verge
verge 2
verge2 v
verge on/upon [verge on/upon sth] phr v
to be very close to a harmful or extreme state
▪ Many of Lewis's activities verged on the illegal.
▪ Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous.
▪ His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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