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tee·ter [ˈti:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] VERBE intr + adv/prép

tee·ter-tot·ter [Am ˈti:t̬ɚˌtɑ:t̬ɚ] SUBST Am (see-saw)

Exemples tirés du dictionnaire PONS (vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

to teeter on the brink [or edge] of a disaster fig

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

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Although he's always smiling, the bank he owns is teetering on the brink of failure.
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A boy is teetering on the steep, slippery bank attempting to retrieve a football from the pool with a stick.
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Like the world these apostles knew, the basket of food teeters perilously over the edge.
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I was on the bottom stroke of this sort of teeter-totter mechanism that made the handcar run.
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Thus, most of the trails also contain man-made obstacles like skinny bridges, twisting ladders raised above the ground, and teeter-totters to ride on.
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One reviewer stated that the movie teeters on the brink of tedious but repeatedly saves itself with moments of cleverness or insight.
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That song is also about losing control and how easy it is to lose the plot in life and teeter on the edge.
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They would then dump the rice into a basket on a third teeter-totter.
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The state teeters between two abnormal and harmful statuses.
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The line-up changes created renewed drive and enthusiasm in a band that was by then teetering on the brink of collapse.
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