on the verge

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on the verge (of doing something) and on the verge of something

at the very beginning of doing something; just about to do something. Bill was on the verge of leaving town when he found a job. Susan was on the verge of laughter, so she left the lecture hall.

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I have been to Paris a hundred times, and it never fails to give me a thrill of excitement; I can never walk its streets without feeling myself on the verge of adventure. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context She caught herself on the verge involuntarily of pressing his hand that held hers. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context "I tell you we are on the verge of the unknown," he insisted. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context			on the same wavelength on the sauce on the scene on the scrap heap on the shelf on the side on the side of the angels on the sidelines on the skids on the sly on the spot on the spur of the moment on the stand on the stick on the street on the strength of on the stump on the table on the telephone on the threshold of on the throne on the tip of tongue on the town on the trail on the trot on the verge on the verge of on the wagon on the waiting list on the wane on the warpath on the watch on the way on the whole on the wing on the wrong side of on the wrong side of the law on the wrong track on the/ agenda on thin ice on time on tiptoe on tod on toes on top of on top of that on top of the world on tour on track on trial on vacation			on the take on the take On the tape on the tapis on the telephone On the Third Hand on the threshold of on the throne on the tip of (one's) tongue on the tip of (one's) tongue on the tip of (one's) tongue on the tip of tongue on the tip of tongue on the tip of tongue on the tip of tongue on the tip of tongue on the tip of tongue on the town on the town on the town on the town on the track of on the track of seeking on the trail on the trot on the upgrade on the upgrade on the upgrade on the upgrade on the upgrade on the verge on the verge of on the verge of on the verge of at the very beginning of doing On the Vine On the volley on the waggon on the waggon on the wagon on the wagon on the wagon on the wagon on the wait list on the waiting list on the wallaby on the wallaby on the wallaby on the wallaby track on the wallaby track on the wallaby track on the wane on the wane on the wane on the wane on the warpath on the warpath on the watch On the Water on the way on the way on the way

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