border on

Definition

To share a border with.

Example Sentences

• "The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road."
• "His behaviour borders on insanity."
• "If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post."