border on
phrasal verb
bordered on; bordering on; borders on
1
: to have a border on (something) : to lie on a boundary of (something)
The area my ancestors come from borders on the Atacama Desert.
2
: to be very like (something) : to come very close to being (something)
The play's dialog borders on the ridiculous.
an enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism
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Another storm system is expected to pass north of the Kansas City region, bringing the chance of snow flurries along the Missouri and Iowa border on Sunday.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is both a magnet for political dissidents from nearby autocratic countries and, increasingly, a staging ground for deportations and forced removals that human rights groups say border on illegality.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Thirty-five-year-old Canady was abducted in December 1985 from the Arden Fair shopping center parking lot, raped, killed and dumped in an irrigation ditch near the Arizona border on Christmas Eve.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
Though heavy on art deco, an indoor pool borders on beautifully gloomy.
—Danielle Harling, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is both a magnet for political dissidents from nearby autocratic countries and, increasingly, a staging ground for deportations and forced removals that human rights groups say border on illegality.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Thirty-five-year-old Canady was abducted in December 1985 from the Arden Fair shopping center parking lot, raped, killed and dumped in an irrigation ditch near the Arizona border on Christmas Eve.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
Though heavy on art deco, an indoor pool borders on beautifully gloomy.
—Danielle Harling, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Border on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border%20on. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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