"on the cusp" meaning in English

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Preposition

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  1. (idiomatic) on the point of a significant transformation, ascendance, etc. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-on_the_cusp-en-prep-pB0UhcLS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, Pages with 1 entry
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