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Meaning of on the verge of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

Almost at the beginning of.

Equivalents

Deutsch am Rande des im Begriff sein zu kurz davor zu
Español a punto de al borde de
Suomi vahalla
Français sur le point de
Português a ponto de prestes a
Svenska på vippen

Examples

“He was finally on the verge of success.”
“Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

on this side of on to on top of onaccounta onto ontop

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