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razor edge

collocation in English

meanings of razorand edge


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razor
noun[C]
uk /ˈreɪ.zər/ us /ˈreɪ.zɚ/
a small device with a sharp blade for removing hair, especially from the face ...
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edge
noun
uk /edʒ/ us /edʒ/
the outer or furthest point ...
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Examples of razor edge


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Our economic position is balanced on a razoredge.
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Hansard archive

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It is along that rather difficult razoredge that we try to make the best progress we can.
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Far too few people realise that, for the foreseeable future, we shall, as a nation, always be operating on a razoredge.
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It is certainly true that the shipyard had lived on a razoredge for years.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Far too many elderly people live on an economic razoredge.
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In 1938 war nearly broke out; it was on a razoredge, and in 1939 it did break out.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I will continue very carefully to keep on that razoredge.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
We have, it is true, to balance, almost on a razoredge, one risk against another, but we ought not thereby to repine.
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Hansard archive

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From that stage, the parties go from edge to razoredge, finally kicking each other well and heartily before the ultimate breakdown of negotiations.
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Someone said that we are living on a razoredge.
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He has walked along the razoredge of this difficulty very well indeed.
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The four-light four-door sports saloon was given a new razoredge body.
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Wikipedia

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