✍🏻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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