Collocations for brink - noun

very

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

bring sb to
fight back from, pull back from
bring sb/sth back from, pull sb/sth back from
He pulled the company back from the brink (= saved it from disaster).

brink of
the brink of bankruptcy/death/war