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lean against

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Verb1.lean against - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"
lean on, rest on
adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"


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The tears once banished gave place to the smiles, and at last Dolly laughed so much that she was fain to lean against a tree, and give vent to her exultation.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The young man rose and went to lean against the fireplace.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Then arose in her the impulse to lean against him, to rest herself against his strength - a vague, half-formed impulse, which, even as she considered it, mastered her and made her lean toward him.
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