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Definition of rest on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

rest on

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

    rest on/upon somebody/something

     
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  1. 1to depend or rely on someone or something All our hopes now rest on you.
  2. 2to look at someone or something Her eyes rested on the piece of paper in my hand.

rest on something

 
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to be based on something The whole argument rests on a false assumption.
See rest on in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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