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verging on

verging on is the present participle and gerund 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 verging on

What is verging on the present participle and gerund of?
Verging on is the present participle and gerund of verge on.

Words near verging on in the dictionary

  1. Vergina star
  2. Vergina stars
  3. Vergina sun
  4. Vergina suns
  5. verging
  6. verging on
  7. vergings
  8. verglas
  9. vergobret
  10. vergobrets
  11. Verguleasa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verging 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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