be on the point of (doing) sth
B2 to be going to do something very soon:
As we were on the point of giving up hope, a letter arrived.
She was so tired that she was on the point of collapse.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
About to happen
- (just) around the corner idiom
- about
- at hand idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- brew
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- loom
- looming
- make to do sth idiom
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
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