verge on/upon
phrasal verb
verged on/upon; verging on/upon; verges on/upon
: to come near to being (something)
comedy that verges on farce
His accusations were verging on slander.
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From warm sage tones to deep pine hues that verge on black, dark greens are bold and dramatic, yet have the ability to act as a neutral.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2024
The acceleration can verge on the absurd—an electric Hummer pickup truck, which weighs nearly 10,000 pounds, can go from zero to 60 miles per hour about as quickly as a Formula 1 race car.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2024
The many coincidences and unlikely accidents on which the story depends verge on the ridiculous yet serve as a secular metaphysics—a cosmic reinforcement of inevitability, a middle-class version of fate.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Moss and Gerber do what most docmakers would do with this material, which is lean heavily into the timebomb aspects as things verge on spiraling out of control and life-and-death decisions about democracy have to be made in microseconds.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2024
The acceleration can verge on the absurd—an electric Hummer pickup truck, which weighs nearly 10,000 pounds, can go from zero to 60 miles per hour about as quickly as a Formula 1 race car.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2024
The many coincidences and unlikely accidents on which the story depends verge on the ridiculous yet serve as a secular metaphysics—a cosmic reinforcement of inevitability, a middle-class version of fate.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Moss and Gerber do what most docmakers would do with this material, which is lean heavily into the timebomb aspects as things verge on spiraling out of control and life-and-death decisions about democracy have to be made in microseconds.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Verge on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verge%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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