on the point of



on the point of

Also, at the point of. On the verge of, close to, as in I was on the point of leaving when the phone rang. The first term dates from the late 1200s, the second from the first half of the 1500s.
See also: of, on, point

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Donnie['dɔni]
LangdonLANG-dənEnglish (Rare)
Remigiore-MEE-jo (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
PÁLPAHLHungarian
Anand-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali
Kendrick['kendrik]