noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on the brink of chaos (= to be about to become completely confused and disorganized )
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The peace talks were on the brink of chaos.
be on the brink of disaster (= be almost ending in a very bad way )
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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 )
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The country was on the brink of war.
be on the brink/verge of extinction (= be at the point of almost not existing )
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The Siberian crane is on the verge of extinction due to hunting.
be on the brink/verge of ruin (= be close to ruin )
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The recession could leave many businesses on the brink of ruin.
poised on the brink/edge of sth
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The economy is poised on the edge of collapse.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
bring
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The aesthetic evidenced in these rooms has also brought us to the brink of World War Ill.
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It was really my doing, or rather my drawings, that had brought us to this brink .
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Meanwhile his birth comes to seem more and more impossible and Abraham on several occasions brings everything to the brink of disaster.
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How can I have brought him to the brink of being, for all purposes, half an orphan?
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LeBlond joined the company in 1975 and brought it from the brink of bankruptcy to its present robust status.
push
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Some members say this decision has pushed them to the brink of deserting a church they love.
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Neither had Khrushchev, who also had hard-liners in Moscow pushing him toward the brink .
stand
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The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink .
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We stand on the brink of two momentous decisions at Maastricht.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be teetering on the brink/edge of sth
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The country is teetering on the brink of a massive financial crisis.
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A moment later, realising she was teetering on the brink of self-pity, she brought herself up short.
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As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness.
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He says that the country is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
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He was teetering on the brink of something serious.
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If it were as bad as its critics contend, our society would be teetering on the edge of extinction.
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Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet.
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We are teetering on the edge of farce.
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Wednesday morning, during an hourlong session with reporters, Forbes appeared to be teetering on the edge of folding his campaign.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But some sort of step back from the brink was essential.
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But when the bust came, he teetered with others on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Is it really news that a couple on the brink of separation should be arguing about the custody of their children?
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LeBlond joined the company in 1975 and brought it from the brink of bankruptcy to its present robust status.
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New York, if you believe New Yorkers, is always on the brink of disaster.
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Some members say this decision has pushed them to the brink of deserting a church they love.
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The back row, from about the third day of classes on, teetered on the brink of chaos.
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They could even bring major states to the brink of war.