LEAN ON

Meaning of LEAN ON in English

pressure someone by blackmailing or threats of physical violence to make the person comply with a request The gang decided to lean on the small shop owner to get him to sell his property.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LEAN ON — phrasal to apply pressure to
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAN ON — phrasal : to apply pressure to : coerce
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN ON — rest on, lean up against; depend on, trust, count on someone or something for support or assistance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAN ON — : to apply pressure to
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAN ON — to apply pressure to
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAN ON — ~ informal put pressure on (someone) to act in a certain way. → lean ———————— ~ rely on or derive …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEAN ON — or lean upon If you lean on someone or lean upon them, you depend on them for support and encouragement. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN ON — or lean upon If you ~ someone or lean upon them, you depend on them for support and encouragement. She …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LEAN ON — Synonyms and related words : abut on, bank on, be based on, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN ON — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To pressure (someone) by blackmailing, threats, physical violence, or the withholding of some favor in order …
Slang English vocab
LEAN ON — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LEAN ON — phr verb Lean on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ elbow , ↑ rail
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEAN ON — See ↑ PERSUADE 3
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAN ON — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To pressure (someone) by blackmailing, threats, physical violence, or the withholding of some favor in order …
Словарь английских идиом
LEAN ON — v. phr. , slang , informal To pressure (someone) by blackmailing, threats, physical violence, or the withholding of some favor …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LEAN ON — 1) зависеть You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN ON — а> зависеть; You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAN ON — налегать, упирать
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEAN ON — полагаться на зависеть припугнуть; запугать налегать, упирать оказывать давление, оказывать нажим
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEAN ON — оказывать давление, оказывать нажим
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LEAN ON — оказывать давление, оказывать нажим
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LEAN ON — 1) зависеть You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LEAN ON — 1) зависеть You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the rest …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LEAN ON — а> зависеть; You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LEAN ON — а. зависеть; You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LEAN ON — полагаться на зависеть припугнуть; запугать налегать, упирать оказывать давление, оказывать нажим
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LEAN ON — phrvi 1) infml We got the kind of government that leans on us fellas — Это правительство просто грабит нас 2) sl All his …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LEAN ON — phrvi 1) infml We got the kind of government that leans on us fellas — Это правительство просто грабит нас …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LEAN ON — lean on phrvi 1. infml We got the kind of government that leans on us fellas Это правительство просто грабит …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LEAN ON — 1) We got the kind of government that leans on us fellas — Это правительство просто грабит нас 2) All …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LEAN ON — 1) зависеть You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
Webster English vocab
LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
Oxford English vocab
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — adj. 1 thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. ≈ Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn : thin, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAN — lean.ogg _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAN — 1) бедный 2) десорбированный 3) отработанный 4) слабый 5) сухой 6) тощий 7) худой • lean molding sand — тощий формовочный песок - lean clay - lean coal - lean gas - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — _I 1. li:n n 1. 1> постное мясо, постная часть мясной туши 2> что-л. невыгодное; низкооплачиваемая работа 2. полигр. светлый …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I 1. прил. 1) тощий, худощавый He is plump, not lean. — Он полный, а не сухощавый. Syn: thin , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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