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live on the edge

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live on the edge
to have a type of life in which you are often involved in exciting or dangerous activities If you were always living on the edge like that I'm sure you wouldn't live past the age of sixty.
See also: edge, live


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The sad part of the American higher education story is that those with all the assets are often the least entrepreneurial, and those who live on the edge are almost forced to adventure in pushing the envelope and taking advantage of just-in-time solutions.
Many low-income families live on the edge of self-sufficiency, getting by without extra help, Reed said, but one small blip on the financial radar can tip the scale.
Set in the vast plains of Kazakhstan in the early 1990s, Schizo, an impressive Russian film, traces the tangled relationships between a young man, an ex-boxer and a single mother who live on the edge of town.
 
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