border on

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verb

come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character (Freq. 3)
- This borders on discrimination!
- His playing approaches that of Horowitz
• Syn:
approach
• Derivationally related forms:
approach (for: approach)
• Hypernyms:
approximate, come close
• Hyponyms:
converge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something