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verge Noun

— The verge of something its edge. Ahmed was riding his bicycle on the verge of the road when a car almost hit him. — If something is "on the verge" of happening, it is very close to starting. (This expression is often used when something bad or dangerous is about to happen.) The country is on the verge of being destroyed by crazy politicians. I was on the verge of calling the police because of the yelling and screaming next door, but the police showed up on their own. After her husband died, she felt like she was on the verge of tears all the time.

verge Verb

— When a thing verges on something else, the two things are on the edge of being the same. The judge told the teenager, "Your behavior verged on a serious crime, but I will give you one more chance because I think you really just acted like a stupid teenager." Your plan verges on the insane. There's no way it will work.

verge

— noun (= brink) the limit beyond which something happens or changes on the verge of tears on the brink of bankruptcy — noun (= brink) a region marking a boundary — noun a grass border along a road — verb border on; come close to His behavior verges on the criminal — noun (= scepter) a ceremonial or emblematic staff

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verge English » English

edge brink border brim rim margin wand shoulder berm trend tip threshold tend side sceptre incline extremity end approach verge of a road staff scepter rod proximity lip limb ledge fringe cant baton walking stick vicinity vergeboard verge on veer turn truncheon touch at tilt stretching stretch stick spread sound like slope slant skirt side of the road shoulder of road shelve

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Simple sentences

These animals are on the verge of extinction.
Some languages are on the verge of extinction.
The banks are on the verge of bankruptcy.
She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The Siberian tiger is on the verge of extinction.
The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.
The poor child was on the verge of starvation.
Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.
My father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
She was on the verge of killing herself.
He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.
Tom was on the verge of tears.
Tom was on the verge of starvation.
I was on the verge of tears.
The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
He was just on the verge of going to sleep.
She was on the verge of tears.
We're on the verge of another catastrophe.
Tom is on the verge of dying.
Tom is on the verge of tears.

Movie subtitles

Telling me I'm perfectly well when I know I'm on the verge of a nervous collapse. Goodbye, Judy, dear.
We were on the verge of a jealous scene about you.
You know, Scarlett, I think you're on the verge of a crying jag.
We may be on the verge of an important discovery.
You were on the verge of a breakdown.
He was on the verge of breaking free of it all.
Ellie was on the verge of tears.
I was on the verge of lunacy, almost.
The Alaskan Fur Company is on the verge of bancrupcy.
I am now convinced that this Cernik is on the verge of making a serious, perhaps fatal mistake.
A stiff-necked, riotous people always on the verge of rebellion.
Was your ship on the verge of foundering when you were relieved?
Would you bury him at midnight on the grass verge outside my office?
I'm on the verge of a breakdown.
While on the verge of war, with foreigners at the gate?
Lisa says that your peculiarities your crying, your secretiveness indicate the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The world is on the verge of new and great changes, Mr. Scrooge.
I was on the verge of doing so when I got your message.
A young guy, at the verge of croaking began talking about the MAYBURY, about Wednesday, about an attack by a truck and about 2 million dollars in gold.
One day you're full of joy, the next on the verge of tears.
I'm on the verge of a breakdown. If I could get back with my wife.
One moment, they are crazy in love, and the next moment, they're on the verge of breaking up. What are you doing?
I'm on the verge of bankruptcy if you do not help me.
I, the fairytale king, tell you that you are on the verge of an amazing event!
Now, when we're on the verge of accomplishing everything we've worked for?
Is it something I said that brought you on the verge of tears?
The world was on the verge of proving his theories when the great blow fell.
You're on the verge to crack a very sensitive case.
I was on the verge of crying.
With your ancient, juvenile minds, you have developed explosives too fast for your minds to conceive what you were doing. You are on the verge of destroying the entire universe.
I guess we're on the verge of quarreling.

News and current affairs

The US was on the verge of sinking into isolationist nationalism, reinforced, perhaps, by xenophobic sentiment.
One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the next, it is on the verge of a turbo-charged recovery, powered by resilient consumers and US multinationals starting to deploy, at long last, their massive cash reserves.
For the last three years, the consensus has been that the US economy was on the verge of a robust and self-sustaining recovery that would restore above-potential growth.
As the 82 nd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party approached last July, the Party's new General Secretary, Hu Jintao, seemed on the verge of announcing a whole new range of reforms.
Within 48 hours, Israel seemed on the verge of defeat on both fronts.
NEW YORK - The eurozone crisis seems to be reaching its climax, with Greece on the verge of default and an inglorious exit from the monetary union, and now Italy on the verge of losing market access.
Last year, the eurozone was on the verge of a double-dip recession.
But are we now on the verge of a trend reversal?
The Gates Foundation, UNICEF, Rotary International, and many governments have succeeded in bringing down polio deaths to one-thousandth of the rate a generation ago, bringing the disease to the verge of eradication.
The breakdown of negotiations last week sparked a bank panic, leaving Greece's economy paralyzed and its banks on the verge of insolvency.
They are presumed to be on the verge of winning an overwhelming majority in the parliamentary elections due on December 7, yet like Korzhakov and his clique, they could be routed.
For the first time in its history, Mexico is on the verge of four simultaneous accomplishments: real democracy, economic prosperity, social cohesion, and good relations with the United States.
Meanwhile, after days of not-so-veiled threats, the European Central Bank is on the verge of cutting funding to Greek banks.
PARIS - Are women in Europe on the verge of becoming an engine for political change?
In our global war on AIDS, the international community is on the verge of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
As a rising, rapidly modernizing power, China - already a permanent member of the UN Security Council - is now on the verge of coveted G8 membership and a powerful role in the World Trade Organization.
Finally, supposing Uribe is on the verge of victory, what should he do with it?
Vladimir Putin and his regime, caught off guard by last winter's massive protests, were on the verge of panic.
In the case of sharks and rays, a recent survey indicates that close to one-third of the 64 ocean-living species are on the verge of extinction.
Europe, in fact, might be on the verge of a major political re-alignment if the French vote No and Tony Blair wins big in the forthcoming UK election.
Europe rose from the rubble of World War II because of the vision of statesmen; now it has been brought to the verge of collapse by the everyday vanities, corruption, and cynicism of bankers and politicians.
And yet, after 30 years of geopolitical competence, the Chinese seem to be on the verge of losing it just when they need it most.

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