BRINK


Meaning of BRINK in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be on the brink of chaos (= to be about to become completely confused and disorganized )

The peace talks were on the brink of chaos.

be on the brink of disaster (= be almost ending in a very bad way )

Once again the peace process was on the brink of disaster.

be on the brink of war (= be about to be involved in a war )

The country was on the brink of war.

be on the brink/verge of extinction (= be at the point of almost not existing )

The Siberian crane is on the verge of extinction due to hunting.

be on the brink/verge of ruin (= be close to ruin )

The recession could leave many businesses on the brink of ruin.

poised on the brink/edge of sth

The economy is poised on the edge of collapse.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

bring

The aesthetic evidenced in these rooms has also brought us to the brink of World War Ill.

It was really my doing, or rather my drawings, that had brought us to this brink .

Meanwhile his birth comes to seem more and more impossible and Abraham on several occasions brings everything to the brink of disaster.

How can I have brought him to the brink of being, for all purposes, half an orphan?

LeBlond joined the company in 1975 and brought it from the brink of bankruptcy to its present robust status.

push

Some members say this decision has pushed them to the brink of deserting a church they love.

Neither had Khrushchev, who also had hard-liners in Moscow pushing him toward the brink .

stand

The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink .

We stand on the brink of two momentous decisions at Maastricht.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be teetering on the brink/edge of sth

The country is teetering on the brink of a massive financial crisis.

A moment later, realising she was teetering on the brink of self-pity, she brought herself up short.

As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness.

He says that the country is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

He was teetering on the brink of something serious.

If it were as bad as its critics contend, our society would be teetering on the edge of extinction.

Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet.

We are teetering on the edge of farce.

Wednesday morning, during an hourlong session with reporters, Forbes appeared to be teetering on the edge of folding his campaign.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But some sort of step back from the brink was essential.

But when the bust came, he teetered with others on the brink of bankruptcy.

Is it really news that a couple on the brink of separation should be arguing about the custody of their children?

LeBlond joined the company in 1975 and brought it from the brink of bankruptcy to its present robust status.

New York, if you believe New Yorkers, is always on the brink of disaster.

Some members say this decision has pushed them to the brink of deserting a church they love.

The back row, from about the third day of classes on, teetered on the brink of chaos.

They could even bring major states to the brink of war.

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