on the point of meaning

• 1. Close upon
  2. Very near
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  [American slang]
  prep. Ready to begin; very near to. Usually used with a verbal noun. The coach was on the point of giving up the game when our team scored two points. The baby was on the point of crying when her mother finally came home.
  Compare: ABOUT TO, AT THE POINT OF.
  

• I was on the point of going to bed when you rang ..
• I was on the point of communicating with him by paper.
• He was on the point of starting out when harran cut in.
• She was on the point of springing into the canoe, in order to seek safety in flight.
• She was on the point of being guilty of a silly speech, so melted was she at heart.
• I was on the point of risking mr. rochester's displeasure by disobeying his orders.
• You would be surprised to hear how often i watched you, how often i was on the point of falling in with you.
• She was dark, small and fat, quite young, with black hair that seemed always on the point of coming down.
• Perhaps a dozen times george willard and the strange, shapeless man who lived at his father's hotel had been on the point of talking.
• It was clear that he was on the point of bursting

• "on the point of" meaning in Chinese: 即将……的时刻
• "on the point of" meaning in Japanese: on the point of間際まぎわ
• "on the point of" meaning in Russian: близкий к
• "on the point of" meaning in Arabic: عَلَى وَشٰك