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ragged edge

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ragged edge

 
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–noun
1. the brink, as of a cliff.
2. any extreme edge; verge.
—Idiom
3. on the ragged edge, in a dangerous or precarious position; on the verge or brink of: on the ragged edge of despair.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
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ragged edge  
n.  

  1. The edge of a cliff.

  2. A dangerous or precarious position; a brink: "the gray, grainy, complex nature of existence and the ragged edges of our lives as we actually live them" (A. Bartlett Giamatti).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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