border on
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To be almost like something, or very nearly something — especially something extreme or negative.
"His confidence in his own abilities borders on arrogance, to be honest."
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while others border on being mutually exclusive.
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to border on the line of mean disrespectful.
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There's a world border ON THIS SEED.
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adopting levels of bureaucracy that border on the obsessive.
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ground units crossed the border on multiple fronts with encircling