verge on

Strong matches

• approach
• estimate
• near
• reach
• resemble
• touch

Weak matches

• border on
• come near

Strongest matches

• abut
• adjoin
• come near

Weak matches

• approach
• be like
• be similar to
• compare
• connect
• contact
• echo
• impinge
• join
• lie near
• lie next to
• march
• match
• near
• neighbor
• parallel
• resemble
• touch

Strongest matches

• meet
• reach

Strong matches

• abut
• adjoin
• bound
• butt
• communicate
• conjoin
• extend
• fringe
• hem
• line
• march
• neighbor
• parallel
• rim
• skirt

Weak matches

• be adjacent to
• be at hand
• be close to
• be contiguous to
• lie beside
• lie near
• lie next to
• open into
• trench on

Strongest matches

• bear
• contribute
• favor
• go
• gravitate
• influence
• lean
• turn

Strong matches

• aim
• bend
• conduce
• dispose
• drift
• head
• impel
• incline
• lead
• look
• move
• point
• redound
• trend

Weak matches

• be biased
• be conducive
• be disposed
• be in the habit of
• be inclined
• be liable
• be predisposed
• be prejudiced
• have a tendency
• have an inclination
• make for
• move toward
• result in
• serve to

Strongest matches

• approach
• come to

Strong matches

• amount
• equal
• match
• meet
• parallel
• rival
• tie

Weak matches

• be a match for
• be in the same league
• be on a par
• come near
• come up to
• hold a candle to
• measure up
• partake of