on the verge of

English

Prepositional phrase

on the verge of

1. Almost at the beginning of.

   He was finally on the verge of success.

   Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.

Translations

almost at the beginning

• Finnish: vähällä; see also: tekemäisillään (fi)
• French: sur le point de (fr)
• German: kurz davor
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} futurus sum
• Russian: на гра́ни (na gráni) (+ genitive case)

See also

• on the brink of
• on the point of

References

• “on the verge of”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “on the verge of something” (US) / “on the verge of something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “be on the verge of something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.