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| brink [ bringk ] |
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1. edge of something: the very edge of something such as a steep drop or riverbank
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2. verge of something crucial: the crucial point in a situation when something disastrous or momentous is about to happen
 teetering on the brink of bankruptcy
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| [13th century. < Old Norse brekka "slope"] |
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