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View synonyms for on edge

on edge



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Idioms and Phrases

Tense, nervous, irritable, as in We were all on edge as we waited for the surgeon's report . This expression transfers the edge of a cutting instrument to one's feelings. [Late 1800s] Also see on the edge ; set one's teeth on edge .
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Example Sentences

In the film, the humans have amassed a giant armory of weapons, which makes the apes very on-edge, and leads to them revolting.

The front may be formed of two course of brick-on-edge, and if divisions are required, they should be formed in the same way.

If you want a real, first-class, tooth-on-edge Doone valley, the place to look for it is in the book.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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