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on the verge of

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on the verge of doing something

almost doing or experiencing something He was on the verge of making a comment but stopped, realizing it would be a mistake.

See also: of, on, verge

on the verge of

Close to, on the brink of, as in I was on the verge of calling the doctor when he suddenly got better, or Sara was on the verge of tears when she heard the news. This term uses verge in the sense of "the brink or border of something." [Mid-1800s]

See also: of, on, verge