on the cusp

idiom

: at the point when something is about to change to something else

She is on the cusp of being a star.

on the cusp between childhood and adolescence

I was born on the cusp between Leo and Virgo.

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In the Hollywood version, Julie Andrews plays the adorable Maria opposite Christopher Plummer’s dashing captain, leading their merry band of children out of Austria on the cusp of the Second World War. —

Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025 Everything is copacetic when Maya Rudolph does a cozy sketch with Kamala Harris on the cusp of the election. —

Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 Is your program on the cusp of an at-large bid and struggling to stay afloat? —

Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Pre-tour, on the cusp of 60, Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV—aka Black Francis aka Frank Black—appears on a video conference call from his living room, roof ductwork outside his window looking like Brutalist sculpture. —

Katherine Turman, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on the cusp