border on, v.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3
approach border on
sample sentences
"This borders on discrimination!""His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
verb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form