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teeter

/ˈtiːtə/verb

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डगमगाना, लड़खड़ाना

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verb
  1. 1

    [I]

    to stand or move in an unsteady way so that you look as if you are going to fall

    डगमगाना, लड़खड़ाना

    • She teetered across the room in her high heels.
    • The old wall teetered and then fell.

    Synonyms totter wobble sway stagger

Idioms 1

teeter on the brink/edge of sth

to be very close to a very unpleasant or dangerous situation

(संकट या विनाश के) कगार पर होना

  • The company is teetering on the brink of collapse.
  • The country teetered on the edge of civil war.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

totter wobble sway stagger

§Grammar and usage

Usage: teeter on the brink of is a common exam phrase meaning to be very close to disaster or failure.

Usage में teeter on the brink of परीक्षाओं में आने वाला सामान्य phrase है, जिसका अर्थ है विनाश या असफलता के बहुत करीब होना।