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Meanings of
reaching the brink
in English
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Usage of
reaching the brink
in English
1
On
reaching
the
brink
,
he shut his eyes in mortal fear, and made a leap at random.
2
Then her body went limp, spent of all strength by the effort of
reaching
the
brink
of murder.
3
As he went he unscrewed the stopper, and on
reaching
the
brink
,
he poured some of the petrol into the water.
4
This stream I traced down through its many dells and gorges, meadows and bogs,
reaching
the
brink
of the main Tuolumne at dusk.
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This collocation consists of:
reaching
the
brink
reaching
reach
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