on the verge of of doing something

on the verge of of doing something
on/to the verge of sth/of doing sth idiom
very near to the moment when sb does sth or sth happens

He was on the verge of tears.

They are on the verge of signing a new contract.

These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.

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