on the margins of something

on the margins of something
on the margins of (something) if someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of the group, but are different in important ways.

Homeless people are on the margins of our society.

The fact that they held their exhibition in a corridor reflects their position on the margins of the London art scene.


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