Usage of "lean on" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Rest on for support.

Usage of lean on in English

It felt good to lean on that strength for just a minute. 
 Once bitten, twice dead 

The last thing she needed was to continue to lean on him. 
 Marrying the playboy doctor 

She was exactly the right height for him to lean on her. 
 Discord's apple 

No, you don't-youlean on a man; yes, you do-everso slightly. 
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Thank you very much; I would much rather lean on this sofa. 
 The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) 

And he needed to lean on her for a little moral support. 
 Coalition's End 

I lean on the parapet and look down at the honking traffic. 
 The new yorker 

But Jack hadn't forgotten that she hadn't wanted to lean on him. 
 Love at first sight 

And if you have to lean on your family in old age? 
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He thought of Winston, the one shoulder he had to lean on. 
 The Pilo Family Circus 

They lean on broken reeds that wound the hand pressed on them. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah 

I stand and stretch, slip around the corner, lean on my building. 
 Freaks and revelations 

I see her lean on the table as if to steady herself. 
 The King’s Curse 

She fell into her mother's embrace, grateful for someone to lean on. 
 Beneath a southern sky 

I want to lean on him, I want his arm around me. 
 The Kingmaker’s Daughter 

Chuck pulled himself up to lean on an elbow, looking at Thomas. 
 The Maze Runner 

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Translations for lean on

Portuguese

Lean on through the time

Lean on across language varieties

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Meanings of lean on in English