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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) See also: threshold |
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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. young Spring Lies on the threshold of maternity, And still he comes not. Beaufort was receiving on the threshold of the crimson drawing-room. |
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