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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Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is teetering on the verge of lawlessness as gangs are take over many of the institutions in the city, but as recently as last week a flight of Haitian deportees arrived back in the country.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This is a welcome development, especially with our nation on the verge of a constitutional crisis over Trump's open malice for a judge whose orders his administration appears to have violated in another case related to the deportation of immigrants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, at 20, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is teetering on the verge of lawlessness as gangs are take over many of the institutions in the city, but as recently as last week a flight of Haitian deportees arrived back in the country.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This is a welcome development, especially with our nation on the verge of a constitutional crisis over Trump's open malice for a judge whose orders his administration appears to have violated in another case related to the deportation of immigrants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, at 20, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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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 31 Mar. 2025.
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