on the brink of

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on the brink of something

if someone or something is on the brink of a situation, that situation is likely to happen soon The country is on the brink of civil war. We are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. She is on the brink of international stardom.

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A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune. Fables by Aesop View in context If you knew how I feel on the brink of calamity at this instant, how afraid I am of myself Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context On the brink of some explanation, she seemed to recoil from it. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context			on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive on the dole on the dot on the double on the edge on the edge of seat on the eve of on the face of it on the face of the earth on the factory floor on the fast track on the fence on the firing line on the fly on the fringe on the fritz			on the blink on the block on the block on the block on the block on the block on the block On the Board on the boil on the bone on the bone on the bone on the books On the Border On the Borderline on the bottom rung On the bow On the bow on the brain on the brain on the brain on the brain on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bridle on the bright side on the brink on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the bum on the bum on the bum on the bum on the button on the button on the button on the button on the button on the button On the Capitol Doorstep on the cards on the cards on the cards on the cards on the carpet on the carpet on the carpet on the case on the chance on the chance on the chance on the chance on the cheap on the cheap on the cheap on the cheap On the Chip On the Close

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