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verge: noun
verge on: intransitive verb

verge [vɜ:ʤ] N

1. verge (physical edge):

verge

rob m

verge

obrobje n

on the verge of the desert

na obrobju puščave

2. verge esp Brit (ribbon next to road):

verge

rob m cestišča

verge

bankina f

3. verge fig (brink):

verge

rob m

verge

prag m

to be on the verge of sth

biti na robu česa

to be on the verge of collapse

biti na robu zloma

verge on VB intr to verge on sth

verge

to verge on the ridiculous

mejiti na neumnost

Usage examples with verge

grass verge Brit

travnat rob cestišča

to verge on the ridiculous

mejiti na neumnost

on the verge of the desert

na obrobju puščave

to be on the verge of sth

biti na robu česa

to be on the verge of collapse

biti na robu zloma

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Is our sleepy Majorcan valley on the verge of joining the modern world? www.telegraph.co.uk

The site of the pond is now a wide grass verge. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, the band was on the verge of potential collapse and at an impasse. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, for the largest segment of people subject to the wealth tax, it means taxing the accumulated savings and houses of those on the verge of retiring. en.wikipedia.org

His dramas sometimes verge into dark territory and even physical violence, but always with an underlying sense of optimism. en.wikipedia.org

He believed that the whole region was on the verge of war and went out to investigate. en.wikipedia.org

The problem with the verge was that it required the pendulum to swing in a wide arc of 80 to 100. en.wikipedia.org

We looked to be on the verge of starting today's play and the rain has played spoilsport once more. sports.ndtv.com

On the verge of passing, he was diagnosed with the sacrifice, which should be a leg amputee to break up with her illness. en.wikipedia.org

The house features scroll-sawn verge boards, arched windows and doors, and a fieldstone chimney with stepped weatherings and capped corbelled stacks topped with two octagonal chimney pots. en.wikipedia.org

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