Collocations for brink - noun
ADJ.
very
VERB + BRINK
be (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on
Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery. | animals hovering on the very brink of extinction
Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery. | animals hovering on the very brink of extinction
bring sb to | fight/pull back from | bring/pull sb/sth back from
He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).
He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).
PREP.
~ of
the brink of bankruptcy/death/war
the brink of bankruptcy/death/war