on the verge

He’s not a free agent, but he’s on the verge of becoming a lame duck.

One speaker, a mother, said she was on the verge of being homeless again after timing out of the county’s shelters.

Max Verstappen is on the verge of securing a fourth consecutive drivers' championship as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas for the first of three races to finish the 2024 season.

In Trump’s closing message the day before Election Day, he boasted, “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history.”

Before meeting with Biden on Wednesday, Trump addressed House Republicans, who are on the verge of formally winning a House majority.