"on the verge of" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "on the verge of",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "on the brink of"
        },
        {
          "word": "on the edge of"
        },
        {
          "word": "on the point of"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was finally on the verge of success."
        },
        {
          "text": "Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Almost at the beginning of."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_verge_of-en-prep_phrase--~W2wjvp",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "on the verge"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "word": "astanasında"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "tags": [
            "with-dative"
          ],
          "word": "kurz vor"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "tags": [
            "with-genitive"
          ],
          "word": "am Rande des"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "на гра́ни (na gráni) (+genitive case)",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "word": "a punto de"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "word": "al borde de"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
          "word": "på vippen"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "üzrə"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "vähällä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "fifth infinitive"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "sur le point de"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "+infinitive",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "kurz davor zu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "+infinitive",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "im Begriff sein zu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "a ponto de"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
          "word": "prestes a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the verge of"
}

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    {
      "word": "on the brink of"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the edge of"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the point of"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "on the verge of",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "on the verge"
    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was finally on the verge of success."
        },
        {
          "text": "Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Almost at the beginning of."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "word": "astanasında"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "tags": [
        "with-dative"
      ],
      "word": "kurz vor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "am Rande des"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "на гра́ни (na gráni) (+genitive case)",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "word": "a punto de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "word": "al borde de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of an object",
      "word": "på vippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "üzrə"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "vähällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "fifth infinitive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "sur le point de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "+infinitive",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "kurz davor zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "+infinitive",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "im Begriff sein zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "a ponto de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "almost at the beginning of doing sth.",
      "word": "prestes a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the verge of"
}