verge upon
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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
In the first place, attention may be called to the extreme freedom of the verse, a freedom which at times makes the composition verge upon prose.
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Chauncey Brewster Tinker
He steps from planet to planet, and if he cannot enter immensity, he can verge upon its borders.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by William Hutton
Even then he but vaguely understood, had not rightly guessed the verge upon which she was treading.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
"Your words verge upon the insulting," he said, after a moment.
From Affairs of State by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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