Border on
End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Both terms in one sentence
- The opposite end of the trope brings us "Spin the Black Circle", which sounds very dark and the vocals in it border on screaming at parts, but it's actually about vinyl records.
Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Rock - It can border on What an Idiot at the very end of the bout, if the doubling player is too far behind to catch up with the extra points.
Source: Series / Million Second Quiz -
Playing Gertrude: Rachel Carpani (Cathy) is only 10 years older than the actors playing her sons and 16 years younger than Cathy is supposed to be, making her death scene at the end of the film, presumably from old age, border on Narm.
Source: Literature / Seeds of Yesterday
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