Border on

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To share a border with. transitive

    "The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road."

  2. 2
    come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character wordnet
  3. 3
    To be almost like some other thing; to verge on. figuratively, transitive

    "His behaviour borders on insanity."

Synonyms

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"The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road."

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