lean against

1. 1.

   rest on for support

   “you can lean on me if you get tired”

   Synonymslean onrest on

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Questions about lean against

What does lean against mean?

lean against means "rest on for support".

What is another word for lean against?

Close synonyms include lean on, rest on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lean against a common word?

lean against is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.