Bordering on
Considering and bordering on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Considering" instead an adverb phrase "Bordering on".
Considering
Considering conjunction - For the reason that.
Bordering on and considering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bordering on" instead an adverb "Considering".
Both terms in one sentence
- Which, considering Tom not deserving it beyond being a cat, turns Jerry into a Jerkass bordering on Villain Protagonist.
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Samantha's offer to show Spider "something really disgusting" is this considering the Glitch throws a knife through the back of her head moments later, bordering on Tempting Fate.
Source: Film / V/H/S -
Obfuscating Stupidity: In "The Executioner's Song", Pippa's justification for considering an affair (and later her reason for breaking it off) is bordering on Insane Troll Logic, but it's implied this is a deliberate ploy to assuage her guilt.
Source: Series / One Foot in the Grave
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