brink of collapse

collocation in English

meaningsofbrinkandcollapse

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brink
noun[S]
uk
/brɪŋk/us
/brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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collapse
noun
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofbrinkandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrink of collapse

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The poor countries have become poorer, in many areas the environment is on thebrinkofcollapse, advances in workers' rights are being dismantled.
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The stocks are now on thebrinkofcollapse, and political failures are compounded by a natural conservation problem.
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That is a very important question, as in many cases the rural network is teetering on thebrinkofcollapse.
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We have driven stocks of bluefin tuna to thebrinkofcollapse, and we cannot say now that we are not responsible in any way.
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The rail-freight operators are on thebrinkofcollapse.
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We salvaged the channel tunnel rail link, which was on thebrinkofcollapse, refusing to meet the extra demands for £1 billion.
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What words of comfort can he give to firms teetering on thebrinkofcollapse?
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The economy, indeed the country, is tottering on thebrinkofcollapse.
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The way in which he is now tackling it beggars all belief and is bringing his country to thebrinkofcollapse.
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Many of them are on the actualbrinkofcollapse, and they are men, many of them, of quite undoubted capacity, not paying extortionate rents, having had them reduced.
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In the last few months, we have been getting increasingly bad news about managers who brought their firms to thebrinkofcollapseconsuming public aid.
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They discover rampant favoritism and a society on thebrinkofcollapse.
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In the clutches of a theocratic dictatorship, their society is on thebrinkofcollapse.
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It was on thebrinkofcollapseand had needed government support to stay afloat.
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This credit freeze brought the global financial system to thebrinkofcollapse.
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However financial and staff problems brought the team to thebrinkofcollapse.
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The film takes place in 2027, where two decades of human infertility have left society on thebrinkofcollapse.
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The line-up changes created renewed drive and enthusiasm in a band that was by then teetering on thebrinkofcollapse.
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At the beginning of the 1920s, the company teetered on thebrinkofcollapse.
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