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RELY UPON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put trust in with confidence
Example:
you can rely on his discretion
Synonyms:
depend on; depend upon; rely on; rely upon
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples:
I rely upon you not only to be discreet and to refrain from all gossip upon the matter but, above all, to preserve this coronet with every possible precaution because I need not say that a great public scandal would be caused if any harm were to befall it.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you can ever give me help, rely upon it I will ask you for it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Why, I have not mentioned, Agnes, said I, a little embarrassed, that Dora is rather difficult to—I would not, for the world, say, to rely upon, because she is the soul of purity and truth—but rather difficult to—I hardly know how to express it, really, Agnes.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But you were so much better than I, so necessary to me in every boyish hope and disappointment, that to have you to confide in, and rely upon in everything, became a second nature, supplanting for the time the first and greater one of loving you as I do!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
