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border on
verb
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character (Freq. 3)
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This borders on discrimination!

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His playing approaches that of Horowitz

• Syn: ↑approach
• Derivationally related forms: ↑approach (for: ↑approach)
• Hypernyms: ↑approximate, ↑come close
• Hyponyms: ↑converge
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

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border on [phrasal verb]
border on (something)
1 : to have a border on (something) : to lie on a boundary of (something)

The area my ancestors come from borders on the Atacama Desert.

2 : to be very like (something) : to come very close to being (something)

The play's dialog borders on [=verges on] the ridiculous.

an enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism

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Main Entry: ↑border

Useful english dictionary. 2012.