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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Much of the legacy media and liberals wrote off those concerns as overly dramatic and bordering on conspiracy theories.
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Stop the Antagonism The duo’s public statements have bordered on being outright hostile toward federal employees.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
The new gig has attracted backlash bordering on vitriol and was addressed by other broadcasting bods over the past few days coupled with a semi-volte face from ITV, while there has been plenty more happening in the growing AI resurrection space.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Stop the Antagonism The duo’s public statements have bordered on being outright hostile toward federal employees.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
The new gig has attracted backlash bordering on vitriol and was addressed by other broadcasting bods over the past few days coupled with a semi-volte face from ITV, while there has been plenty more happening in the growing AI resurrection space.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Border on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border%20on. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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