the brink

noun

: the edge at the top of a steep cliff

—usually used figuratively to refer to a point that is very close to the occurrence of something very bad or (less commonly) very good

He nearly lost everything because of his drug addiction, but his friends helped to pull him back from the brink.

The two nations are on the brink of war.

Doctors may be on the brink of finding a cure for this disease.

an animal that has been brought/pulled back from the brink of extinction

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With the rise of AI, however, this model is on the brink of transformation. —

Tomer Guriel, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Similarly, Philadelphia is on the brink of shattering its record for the longest period without rain, reaching 25 days as of Oct. 24. —

Abc Climate Unit, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024 Now, his company finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy. —

Bygreg McKenna, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024 After three erosion-heavy storms in a year and a bureaucratic standoff over shoreline restoration, Pinellas County's world-famous beaches were already on the brink. —

Kathryn Varn, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the brink