border on

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border on

verb borders on · bordering on · bordered on

transitive To share a border with. The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road.
figuratively, transitive To be almost like some other thing; to verge on. His behaviour borders on insanity.

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verb be almost like some other thing

Português	beirar
Deutsch	an grenzen (etwas)
Italiano	rasentare, essere al limite di
Русский	грани́чить с graníčitʹ s, находиться на грани naxoditʹsja na grani

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@misc{border_on_2026,
  title = {border on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/border%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}