lean on
phrasal verblean on somebody/something
- to depend on somebody/something for help and support synonym rely
- He leans heavily on his family.
- Britain leans heavily on Europe for trade.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- lightly
- slightly
- …
- across
- against
- from
- …
- heavily
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- to try to influence somebody by threatening them
- The government has been leaning on the TV company not to broadcast the show.