Alternative form of brine shrimp

Alternative form of on the brink of / Alternative form of on the edge

(US, idiomatic, often in proverbial form) To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.

(idiomatic, transitive) To mar; to thwart.

Alternative form of bring to nought

To bring into exercise or use.

(transitive, archaic) To compel to accept certain conditions.

The edge of the sea; the seashore.

(idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders.

present participle of bring down to size