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be bordering
verb
To put a border on something.
Exact(18)
At one point, Hariri appeared to be bordering on tears.
For many families today, it would be bordering on sacrilege to do without the table.
Around the 1970's, the whole life of the Wigmore seemed to be bordering on fatigue.
"It might be bordering on illegal and pushing the envelope," but she said, "I don't think he's ever putting anybody in jeopardy, besides himself".
"It could be bordering on an obsession with Twitter and Facebook and all the things that go on with these kids".
The idea that a changing climate can persuade the ground to shake, volcanoes to rumble and tsunamis to crash on to unsuspecting coastlines seems, at first, to be bordering on the insane.
Similar(42)
This is bordering on abuse.
We are bordering on insanity".
CARAMANICA: This is bordering on insanity.
Their offense is bordering on incoherent.
It is bordering self harm".
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