lean onsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithleanverb[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]uk/liːn/us/liːn/leanedorUKalsoleant|leanedorUKalsoleant
to use someone or something tohelpyou,especiallyin adifficultsituation:
He's always had hisbigbrothertoleanon.
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon itidiom
- accept/takesomethingon faithidiom
- bank
- bank onsomeone/something
- believe
- believe insomething
- count
- distrustful
- faith
- have faith!idiom
- I wouldn't trustsomeoneas far as I could throwthemidiom
- keep faith withsomething/someoneidiom
- lean
- not trustsomeonean/one inchidiom
- put/placeyourfaith insomething/someoneidiom
- reliance
- reliant
- rely on/uponsomeone/something
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy