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brink [ bringk ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. edge of something: the very edge of something such as a steep drop or riverbank

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

[13th century. < Old Norse brekka "slope"]
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