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To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- His actions verge on insanity, making everyone nervous.
- The excitement in the room began to verge on chaos.
- Her ideas seem to verge on the edge of brilliance and madness.
- Bungee jumping verges on the insane, if you ask me.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
hipoa
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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Finnish:
lähestyä
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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French:
friser
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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German:
grenzen an
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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Russian:
грани́чить
(graníčitʹ)
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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Spanish:
rayar en
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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Swedish:
vara på gränsen till
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
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Swedish:
vara snudd på
— To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
