verge onsomething
phrasal verbwithvergeverbuk/vɜːdʒ/us/vɝːdʒ/
to bealmostaparticularstate,quality, orfeeling,especiallyone that is verybador very good:
Attimes, hisperformanceverged onbrilliance, but atothersit was nothingspecial.
Almost
- a hop, skip, and a jumpidiom
 - about
 - almost
 - as good asidiom
 - as much asidiom
 - be on the way tosomethingidiom
 - going on
 - intent
 - more
 - more or lessidiom
 - much
 - part
 - scant
 - sub
 - that was close!idiom
 - to/for all intents and purposesidiom
 - up to(doing) somethingidiom
 - verge
 - virtual
 - way