lean (on or against)

verb

Definition of lean (on or against)next
as in to bear (down)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean (on or against)
  1. compel
  2. force
  3. muscle
Verb
  • The Israeli government insists that military force compelled those concessions—a claim Spencer echoes.
    John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Rebecca Bakker, a registered nursing professor who lives near Grand Rapids, Michigan, had already decided against voting for Trump but has not felt compelled yet towards Harris or any third-party candidates.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of compel
Verb
  • After leading a relatively peaceful life as a farmer in northern Africa with his wife, Lucius is forced into slavery and ends up becoming a gladiator like his father.
    Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Loading your audio article In January, a security camera captured unnerving footage: what appeared to be a bear had forced its way into a Rolls Royce parked outside a home in the Southern California resort community of Lake Arrowhead, gouged the seats and thrashed the interior.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of force
Verb
  • This tyranny will be even greater felt if either a victorious GOP or the Democrats overturn the filibuster rule of 60 votes to muscle sweeping legislation out of the Senate.
    Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024
  • All of that, plus fuel, means the spacecraft tips the scales at approximately 13,000 lbs., which requires a bruiser of a rocket to muscle it off the ground.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of muscle
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“Lean (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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