hinge upon
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～ be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
rely upon
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～ put trust in with confidence; "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion"
encroach upon
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～ to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
depend upon
— Verb
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～ be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
depend upon
— Verb
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～ put trust in with confidence; "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion"
fall upon
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～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
feed upon
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～ be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
obtrude upon
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～ to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
set upon
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～ assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
enter upon
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～ take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
act upon
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～ have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
bear down upon
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～ sail towards another vessel, of a ship
bear upon
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～ have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
chance upon
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～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
build upon
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～ be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
come upon
— Verb
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～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
supervene upon
— Verb
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～ take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
upraise
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～ cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
place upright
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～ put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
uprise
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～ get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"