Verb

border on (third-person singular simple present borders on, present participle bordering on, simple past and past participle bordered on)Category:English lemmas#BORDERONCategory:English verbs#BORDERONCategory:English phrasal verbs#BORDERONCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22on%22#BORDERONCategory:English multiword terms#BORDERONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BORDERONCategory:Pages with entries#BORDER%20ONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BORDER%20ON

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BORDERON) To share a border with.

   The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDERON

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BORDERON, figurative) To be almost like some other thing; to verge on.

   His behaviour borders on insanity.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDERON

   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.

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