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verb (intr, preposition)

Also: lean upon to depend on for advice, support, etc

informal to exert pressure on (someone), as by threats or intimidation

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Words nearby lean on

leaner, lean-faced, leangle, leaning, Leaning Tower of Pisa, lean on, lean over backwards, leant, lean-to, leap, leap day

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How to use lean on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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When she got to the cadenza, he laid down his bton, and retired to lean against the door and enjoy it.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Past thirty all men begin to dry up or fatten, and he was certainly a lean person.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

Other Idioms and Phrases with lean on

lean on

Rely on, depend on, as in He's leaning on me for help. [Mid-1400s]

Exert pressure on one, especially to obtain something or make one do something against his or her will. For example, The gangsters were leaning on local storekeepers to pay them protection money. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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