on the cusp
At the threshold
On the cusp means at the point of transition between two states or categories.
Someone born on the cusp of two zodiac signs falls near their boundary.
A technology on the cusp of mainstream adoption is about to break through.
The phrase suggests being poised at a threshold, neither fully in one condition nor the other: She was on the cusp of adulthood.
- upcomingSoon to occur
- vergeBorder or cusp
- liminalAt a threshold
- brinkCritical boundary point
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
almost there · imminent · looming · threshold · turning point · impending · precipice · inflection point · pivotal moment · breaking point · forthcoming · point · borderland · in between · poise · step · proximate · nascent
on the cuspin the thick of
Centrally involved in
in the midst of · firmly established · long gone · far from · settled
on the cuspdefinitively
With final authority
unambiguously · decidedly · solidly · thoroughly · completely
on the cuspfirmly established
deeply rooted · unambiguously · settled · ensconced · cemented