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brink

 
 
/brɪŋk/ noun

Definition

be on the brink of sth to be in a situation where something bad is going to happen very soon: The two countries are on the brink of war.
(Definition of brink noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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