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ragged edge

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noun

the brink, as of a cliff.

any extreme edge; verge.

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Idioms

on the ragged edge, in a dangerous or precarious position; on the verge or brink of: on the ragged edge of despair.

Origin of ragged edge

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for ragged edge

They are mostly on the “border-land,” if not on the “ragged-edge” of insanity.
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