abut on
abut on
To adjoin or meet at an edge or boundary. He is finding it difficult to sell his house since his property abuts on a cemetery.
See also: abut, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
abut on something
[particularly of the edge of an area of land] to meet or touch something along one boundary or at one point. Our land abuts on the shopping center's parking lot.
See also: abut, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- have an/the edge over (someone or something)
- have, etc. an/the edge on/over somebody/something
- have an edge on
- have an edge on (someone or something)
- skirt around
- skirt around (someone or something)
- back and edge
- topple off
- topple off of (something)
- back (someone or something) up to (something)