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HINGE UPON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be contingent on
Example:
Your grade will depends on your homework
Synonyms:
depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hinge upon"):
build on; build upon; repose on; rest on (be based on; of theories and claims, for example)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
