Meaning of verge on | Babel Free

Definitions

To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.

idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

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 […]”

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