pivot on/around

phrasal verb

pivoted on/around; pivoting on/around; pivots on/around

: to be based on (something)

Our vacation plans will pivot around how much money we can save.

The book's plot pivots on the main character's need for revenge.

Examples of pivot on/around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This arrangement allows the drone to quickly shoot forward and backward, and to pivot on the spot if the propellers are simultaneously tilted in opposite directions. —New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025

Finally, Russia expert Fiona Hill, who served as a top National Security Council official during the first Trump administration, joins us to discuss Trump's diplomatic pivot on Ukraine. —CBS News, 9 Mar. 2025

This pivot on Substack’s part has been in the works for a while — for months, the company has been marketing itself not as a newsletter delivery service but as a creator platform similar to Patreon. —Mia Sato, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025

There was nothing doing with Vancouver’s star pivot on the ice. —Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025