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teeter verb [ ˈtiːtə ]

• move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.
• "she teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals"
Similar: totter, walk unsteadily, wobble, toddle, sway, rock, try to keep one's balance, stagger, stumble, reel, roll, lurch, pitch, stot,
Origin: mid 19th century: variant of dialect titter, from Old Norse titra ‘shake, shiver’.

teeter on the edge

• be very close to a difficult or dangerous situation.
"they teeter on the edge of extinction, with no more than a handful left"



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