verge on

Verb

 * 1)  To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.
 * Bungee jumping verges on the insane, if you ask me.
 * 1) * 1847,, , Chapter XVIII
 * It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed

Translations

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 * German: grenzen an
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