on the verge of
idiom
: at the point when (something) is about to happen or is very likely to happen
The company was on the verge of going bankrupt.
The child was on the verge of tears.
We were on the verge of divorce.
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His sculptures seem to be on the verge of movement: the glazes are caught in flux.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Eight years later, another South Korean president is on the verge of impeachment.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinction according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
—Amy Chillag, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Eight years later, another South Korean president is on the verge of impeachment.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinction according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
—Amy Chillag, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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“On the verge of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20verge%20of. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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