at the point of

[at the point of] {prep.}

Very near to; almost at or in.

* /When Mary broke her favorite bracelet, she was at the point of tears./

* /The boy hurt in the accident lay at the point of death for a week, then he got well./

Compare: ABOUT TO(1), ON THE POINT OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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