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verge upon

VERB

approach

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at come close compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

Example Sentences

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To say that the later portraits verge upon caricature is not much of an overstatement.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2010

Because you consistently verge upon the profound, the revealing�and then pull back, almost in embarrassment.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Your words verge upon the insulting," he said, after a moment.

From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Still, in a way, he is proud of the sinologue—as a public school is proud of a boy so clever as to verge upon insanity, or a village is proud of the village idiot.

From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)

At no period of her least refulgent moment did she verge upon this type.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

verge upon

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