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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Hova said executive assistants can expect at least 10% of their work to verge on personal assistant duties. Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025 Howell asked him to testify to assess whether such a fine would verge on punitive, instead of serving to coerce him to comply with the agreement. Ella Lee, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025 Their performances in this gonzo sci-fi fest verge on camp, as does the movie's Grand Guignol sense of violence. Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024 And too often, the vignettes verge on editorializing. Jordan Chandler Hirsch, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014 See all Example Sentences for verge on/upon 

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“Verge on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verge%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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