border on
phrasal verb
bordered on; bordering on; borders on
1
: to have a border on (something) : to lie on a boundary of (something)
The area my ancestors come from borders on the Atacama Desert.
2
: to be very like (something) : to come very close to being (something)
The play's dialog borders on the ridiculous.
an enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism
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The Pentagon announced coordinated patrols with the Mexican military on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border on Wednesday, as the Trump administration continues to implement a robust border security policy.
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
These records’ conflicting ideas about self and community border on whiplash, but his stock has only continued to climb.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
So much power split to the front and rear wheels can create some torque steer and throttle response that borders on touchy.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
These records’ conflicting ideas about self and community border on whiplash, but his stock has only continued to climb.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
So much power split to the front and rear wheels can create some torque steer and throttle response that borders on touchy.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for border on
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“Border on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border%20on. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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