(BrE) (AmE soft shoulder) a piece of grass at the edge of a path, road, etc:
a grass verge
IDIOMS
on / to the verge of sth / of doing sth very near to the moment when sb does sth or sth happens:
He was on the verge of tears. * They are on the verge of signing a new contract for a further two years' work. * These events left her on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. * These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
verge on sth to be very close to an extreme state or condition
SYNBORDERONSTH:
Some of his suggestions verged on the outrageous. * a dislike verging on contempt * The fabric is very dark blue, verging on black.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for verge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is verge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, verge is tagged as noun.
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