verge on

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toapproachorcomecloseto something; toborderor be on theedgeof something.Bungee jumpingverges onthe insane, if you ask me.1847,Charlotte Brontë,Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIIIIt wasverging ondusk, 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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