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on the threshold of

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on the threshold of something

near the beginning of something. Tyler is on the threshold of becoming a very successful singer.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of threshold (= the part of the floor at the entrance to a room or building)

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Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context young Spring Lies on the threshold of maternity, And still he comes not. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context Beaufort was receiving on the threshold of the crimson drawing-room. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context More results

References in classic literature

Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

young Spring Lies on the threshold of maternity, And still he comes not.

A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context

Beaufort was receiving on the threshold of the crimson drawing-room.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

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