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Verb: lean on
  1. Rest on for support
    "you can lean on me if you get tired";
    - rest on, lean against
     
  2. [informal] Put pressure on someone (to do something)
    - pressurize, pressurise [Brit], bounce [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: leaning on, leans on, leant on

See also: tilt

Type of: adjoin, contact, meet, touch

Encyclopedia: Lean on