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border on

VERB

come close to; approximate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abut adjoin come near verge on

WEAK

approach be like be similar to compare connect contact echo impinge join lie near lie next to march match near neighbor parallel resemble touch

Antonyms

WEAK

not touch

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Around 300 fled back across the border on Saturday and hundreds more will follow, it said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Somewhere along the way, culture began to border on cult.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Melodee was last confirmed seen on surveillance camera near the Utah-Colorado border on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Just when the situation begins to border on pandemonium, the Metropolitan Police come to their rescue.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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