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lean on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lean on, rest on, lean againstverb

    rest on for support

    "you can lean on me if you get tired"

Wiktionary

  1. lean onverb

    To depend upon for support.

  2. lean onverb

    To apply pressure on.

Wikipedia

  1. Lean On

    Lean On is a song recorded by Jamaican-American electronic dance music group Major Lazer. Featuring French DJ and record producer DJ Snake with vocals from Danish singer MØ. It was released on March 2, 2015 as the lead single from Major Lazer's third studio album, Peace Is the Mission (2015). It was written by Karen Marie Ørsted (MØ), Thomas Pentz, William Grigahcine and Phillip Meckseper, and produced by Major Lazer and DJ Snake. It is an EDM, electronic and moombahton song."Lean On" was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number one in several other countries including Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Mexico and Switzerland; as well as the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, France, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden. In November 2015, "Lean On" was named by Spotify as the most streamed song of all time, and has over 1 billion streams globally as of June 2017; however, it was later overtaken by Drake's "One Dance" (2016). The accompanying music video for "Lean On" was filmed in ND Studios, Karjat, Kaul Heritage City, in Vasai in Maharashtra, India and in the Golden Hall in Stockholm City Hall. The video premiered on March 23, 2015 and has over 2.7 billion views on YouTube as of December 2019. According to IFPI, "Lean On" was the fifth best selling song of 2015 worldwide, and one of the best-selling singles of all time, with global sales of 13.1 million.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lean on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lean on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lean on in a Sentence

  1. Matt Hamilton:

    To be able to lean on Becca Hamilton brother — and I guess it’s the same for the sisters on my team, they have each other — it’s just awesome to have some sort of family here, i mean it’s not always rainbows and butterflies. But for the most part, it’s great.

  2. Sophie Wessex:

    He has been a fantastic life partner for her. I think it's maybe a fairly lonely job being queen, as a female in the top job I think to have somebody you can lean on, you can discuss things with, she can be honest with behind closed doors ... I don't think she could have chosen better. And they make each other laugh, which is half the battle, isn't it?

  3. Curtis Penix:

    When a large truck would come by, we had this little technique where we would lean (on their walking sticks) into the ditch and away from the road, just long enough for them to go by, and then we'd pop back out on the road.

  4. Tim Boyle:

    Obviously, we didn't have a few guys go, but we can't lean on that as a crutch, we should've done a better job in the first half of executing, there's no way of getting around that. I'm not extremely pleased with how we played in that first group.

  5. Casey Kirsch:

    I sat in the corner of my couch and I sobbed all night, we were both so distraught and neither of us were strong enough to lean on each other.


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