Usually means: Rely on someone for support.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word lean on:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. lean on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lean on: Merriam-Webster
  3. lean on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lean on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lean on: Vocabulary.com
  6. lean on: Wiktionary
  7. lean on: Dictionary.com
  8. Lean On, Lean on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. lean on: Rhymezone
  10. lean on: FreeDictionary.org
  11. lean on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. lean on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lean on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lean on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lean on: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lean on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lean on, lean on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lean on)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lean, on.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To depend upon for support; to require assistance from.
▸ verb:  To put pressure on; to attempt to compel a person to do something; to exert influence on.
▸ verb:  To criticize or reprimand for the purpose of changing behavior.

Similar:
rest on, lean against, side, push on, step on, come on, lean, play on, be on the lookout, sleep on, more...

Opposite:
rely on, support, depend on, count on

Phrases:
Lean on Pete, to lean on, shoulder to lean on, lean on an elbow, lean on one another, more...

Adjectives:
flat out, stay at home, next level, cut down, frontside, every second, up in the air, caught stealing, close to the wind, far out, red-faced

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Similar:
rest on, lean against, side, push on, step on, come on, lean, play on, be on the lookout, sleep on, more...

Opposite:
rely on, support, depend on, count on

Phrases:
Lean on Pete, to lean on, shoulder to lean on, lean on an elbow, lean on one another, lean hard on, to lean on something, to lean your head on a shoulder, someone to lean on, person to lean on, more...

Adjectives:
flat out, stay at home, next level, cut down, frontside, every second, up in the air, caught stealing, close to the wind, far out, red-faced



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