All but
All but adverb - Very close to but not completely.
On the brink of and all but are semantically related in nearly topic. In some cases you can use "On the brink of" instead an adverb phrase "All but".
On the brink of
All but and on the brink of are semantically related in nearly topic. You can use "All but" instead an adverb phrase "On the brink of".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- much and all but
- much and on the brink of
- most and all but
- most and on the brink of
- nearly and all but
- nearly and on the brink of
- almost and all but
- almost and on the brink of
- practically and all but
- practically and on the brink of
- about and all but
- about and on the brink of
- near and all but
- near and on the brink of
Both terms in one sentence
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Hayate doesn't attack until she's on the brink of exhuastion; having expended her remaining energy dispatching all but two of his squad.
Source: Web Animation / Dead Fantasy - Hayate doesn't attack until she's on the brink of exhaustion; having expended her remaining energy dispatching all but two of his squad.
Source: Victory by Endurance - With Tiberium all but covering the planet and humanity on the brink of extinction, Kane forges an alliance with GDI.
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