āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to lean on
[phrase form: lean]
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to rely on someone or something for assistance, guidance, etc.
Transitive: to lean on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The community had leaned on the local charity for help during the crisis.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to use threats or pressure to control someone's actions or decisions
Transitive: to lean on sb
Ditransitive: to lean on sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The salesperson has leaned on the customer for weeks to close the deal.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to rely on something, such as a wall, for physical support or stability
Transitive: to lean on a support structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I was so exhausted that I leaned on the wall to steady myself.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
