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Definition of on edge
on edge 
adjective
- nervous.
I was on edge waiting for her.
- See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: nervousness. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: afraid. | |
| Definitions include: to be nervous or afraid. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out". | |
| Definitions include: nervousness or fright. | |
| Definitions include: sexually voracious. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely scared. | |
| Definitions include: feeble. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: shaken up, flustered. Also shooked. | |
| Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
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| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: The pinnacle of very cool, excellent, outstanding, or awesome. | |
| Definitions include: drunk. | |
| Definitions include: to go crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to decline in a particular skill. | |
| Definitions include: having not mastered a subject. | |
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| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
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