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on edge

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on edge

nervous or worried. You're always on edge waiting for an important call, because you don't really know when that phone will ring.

Usage notes: often used in the forms set you on edge or put you on edge: The accident set us on edge for several days.

Related vocabulary: set your teeth on edge

See also: edge

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