The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road.
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Border on
Synonyms for "border on" (12 found)
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His behaviour borders on insanity.
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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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