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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Not that Allen wasn’t above poking fun at a friend: In many of their films together, Allen presented Roberts as so cool-headed as to verge on the comically supercilious.
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Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Their epic battle of wills comes to verge on black comedy, but the widow’s simultaneous battle with her own mortality gives the novel an unexpected poignancy.
—The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
But Ricky struggles with underbaked narrative threads and breathless direction that can verge on unfocused.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Hova said executive assistants can expect at least 10% of their work to verge on personal assistant duties.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
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Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Their epic battle of wills comes to verge on black comedy, but the widow’s simultaneous battle with her own mortality gives the novel an unexpected poignancy.
—The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
But Ricky struggles with underbaked narrative threads and breathless direction that can verge on unfocused.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Hova said executive assistants can expect at least 10% of their work to verge on personal assistant duties.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Verge on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verge%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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