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RELY ON

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RELY ON (verb)
  The verb RELY ON has 1 sense:

1. be dependent on, as for support or maintenance

  Familiarity information: RELY ON used as a verb is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RELY ON (verb)


Sense 1rely on [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Be dependent on, as for support or maintenance

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

rely on; depend on

Context example:

elderly parents often depend on their adult children

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


English Proverbs
"Haste makes waste."
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"Stinginess demeans the value of man."
(Arabic proverb)
"Learned young is done old."
(Dutch proverb)

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