bɹɪŋk ˈsɛptə ˈsɛptɚ ˈθɹeʃ(h)əʊld ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld wɒnd wɑnd border on; come close to His behavior verges on the criminal a grass border along a road the limit beyond which something happens or changes on the verge of tears on the brink of bankruptcy a ceremonial or emblematic staff a region marking a boundary