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border on sth
— phrasal verb with border /bɔː.dər/
/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/ verb Definition
› If behaviour, a quality, or a feeling borders on something more extreme, it is almost that thing: His suggestion borders on the ridiculous. She possesses a self-confidence that borders on arrogance.AlmostMerely and barely
(Definition of border on sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- almost adverb
- as good as idiom
- as much as idiom
- be on the way to sth idiom
- close adjective, adverb (SIMILAR)
- come within a whisker of (doing) sth idiom
- more or less idiom
- most determiner, pronoun, adverb
- near adverb, preposition
- near- prefix
- nearly adverb
- next adverb
- nigh adverb, preposition
- quasi- prefix
- scant adjective
- sub- prefix (NOT QUITE)
- the best/better part of idiom
- to/for all intents and purposes idiom
- virtual adjective (ALMOST)
- within striking distance idiom
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