- a piece of grass at the edge of a path, road, etc.
- a grass verge
- The vehicle crossed white lines and mounted a verge before being stopped by police.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grass
- motorway
- roadside
- …
- mount
- hit
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin virga ‘rod’. The current verb sense dates from the late 18th cent.Take your English to the next level
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Idioms
See verge in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee verge in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishon/to the verge of something/of doing something
- very near to the moment when somebody does something or something happens
- He was on the verge of tears.
- They are on the verge of signing a new contract.
- These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.
Extra Examples- She was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when she finally sought help.
- The company is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.
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