ragged edge
Americannoun
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the brink, as of a cliff.
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any extreme edge; verge.
idioms
Etymology
Origin of ragged edge
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The last few years I've been off balance, right on the ragged edge of my technique where that if I have to push a little bit more, I lose it.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
I remember thinking, I’m like on the ragged edge of sanity.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
The Buccaneers’ season rode the ragged edge of disaster for the first two months.
From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022
In her gouache drawings every watery bloom and ragged edge helps to strengthen the composition, build the space.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
He’d been trying not to look beyond the ragged edge of the backyard to the bulldozed mess of branches, trunks, leaves, and mud that had once been his beloved woods.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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