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verged on

verged on is the simple past and past participle of verge on.

Meaning of verge on

Verb

verge on (third-person singular simple present verges on, present participle verging on, simple past and past participle verged on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.
    • His actions verge on insanity, making everyone nervous.

Questions about verged on

What is verged on the simple past and past participle of?
Verged on is the simple past and past participle of verge on.

Words near verged on in the dictionary

  1. verge-staff
  2. verge-staffs
  3. vergeboard
  4. vergeboards
  5. verged
  6. verged on
  7. vergence
  8. vergences
  9. vergencies
  10. vergency
  11. Vergennes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verged on (page history and authors); verge on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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