border on

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border on - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

approach

approximate, come close - be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

converge - approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit

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