bordering on

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Present participle of border on
border on
To be almost like some other thing

His behaviour borders on insanity.

border on
If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing. The atmosphere borders on the surreal. see also border 2 = verge on
border on
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz
border on
lie on the boundary of
bordering on
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