to depend on someone
to press the horn of a car in a determined way
to put pressure on someone in order to make them do something
Everybody needs someone to lean on in times of trouble.
If Partridge suggested he leap from a bridge he would at least lean on the rail.
Often, when rounding a curve he had to lean on Danlo to keep from falling.
Rosie Quantock sensed his annoyance for she said at once,'I'm here for Delia to lean on.
The Prime Minister’s been leaning pretty heavily on her to resign.
The taxi driver was waiting out front, leaning on the horn.
Years ago, her dad had left her mum, leaving her mum to lean on her.
leans on
leaning on
leaned on
leant on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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