on the verge of death

collocation in English

meaningsofon,vergeanddeath

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on
preposition
uk
/ɒn/us
/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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verge
noun[C]
uk
/vɜːdʒ/us
/vɝːdʒ/
the edge or border ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/us
/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition ofon,vergeanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Children had to be on thevergeofdeathto get what they needed.
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A visit is made to the house at four o'clock in the morning and the man concerned disappears—for ever, unless he is on thevergeofdeath.
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We must breathe a new life into the industry—an industry which has been told too often in the past that it is on thevergeofdeath.
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It is strange how precious everything seems when you are on thevergeofdeathas most of us were.
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On thevergeofdeath, he is seen by a young woman.
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This often refers to something that is half dead or on thevergeofdeath.
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She later used up too much energy and was on thevergeofdeath.
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By 2130 she was in very ill health and on thevergeofdeathfrom cancer.
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Zordon is left on thevergeofdeath.
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He is on thevergeofdeathand has no method of going home.
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His mission is to get a single man out of the camp, but he has to improvise when his target proves to be on thevergeofdeath.
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Sa'd had been wounded in the earlier battles, and was on thevergeofdeath.
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Further research, using the computer, reveals that it involved using subjects on thevergeofdeathand hard-wiring their brain with a computer intelligence.
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