be on the threshold of something

be on the threshold of (something)

To be about to do something; to be about to happen. I can't believe that my little girl is actually on the threshold of marriage. I'm confident that our team is on the threshold of a major scientific breakthrough. We're on the threshold of a major breakthrough in cancer research.

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be on the ˈthreshold of something

(formal) be at an important moment when something begins, changes or develops: The country seemed to be on the threshold of war. ♢ Now, on the threshold of a new career, he seems confident and happy.

The threshold is the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room.

See also: of, on, something, threshold

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