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verge upon

VERB
approach
Synonyms
STRONGEST
come contact match meet near reach surround threaten
STRONG
advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble
WEAK
be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at come close compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after
Antonyms
STRONGEST
avoid depart go leave miss
STRONG
decrease retreat retrogress stop
WEAK
distance go away

Example Sentences

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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

Because you consistently verge upon the profound, the revealing�and then pull back, almost in embarrassment.

From Time Magazine Archive

More and more the mazes perplexed him, and the coincidences, if they were coincidences, began to verge upon the fantastic or the miraculous.

From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis

"Your words verge upon the insulting," he said, after a moment.

From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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 Hutton, William