border on

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que algo está muito próximo de um determinado estado ou qualidade, ou quase se torna isso, frequentemente algo negativo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate that something is very close to or almost becomes a particular state or quality, often a negative one.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. formal

   To be very close to a particular state or quality, often an extreme one.

   Beirar

   • His behavior borders on rudeness.
   • The situation borders on a crisis.
   • Her speech bordered on the absurd.

   Sinônimosapproachapproximate

2. Adjoin geographicallyformal

   To share a border with another country, region, or area.

   Fazer fronteira

   • Canada borders on the United States.
   • The park borders on a large forest.
   • Their property borders on the river.

   Sinônimosabutadjoinneighbortouch

Verbo baseborder