Phrasal Verb of the Day

💢border on

✍🏾Meaning
If something like an action or an attitude borders on something more extreme, it is close to being that extreme.

Synonym
verge on, come close to

❕For example

border on sth
🔺 His fear of the government borders on paranoia.

border on sth
🔺 The fanatical excitement you see at some political rallies in the south borders on mass hysteria.

✔️Note:
Almost always used in relation to a negative extreme, though occasionally it's used in a more positive context, as in "his talent borders on genius".
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