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hinge on
Idioms and Phrases
Also, hinge upon . Depend or be contingent on, as in This plan hinges on her approval . This expression employs the verb hinge in the sense of 鈥渢o hang,鈥 as a door would hang on a hinge, a usage dating from the early 1700s.Example Sentences
The Court of Appeal dismissed the prince's case, which hinged on how an official committee made the decision to remove his eligibility for automatic, full-scale protection in line with what other senior royals receive.
Analysts stated that the greenback鈥檚 performance hinges on the outcome of the U.S.-China standoff, which hasn鈥檛 seen much progress in recent weeks.
Much will then hinge on what Cleveland and the New York Giants do with the second and third picks, respectively.
The city still has further to go, she said, because public safety ultimately hinges on whether people feel secure where they live.
Part of the bid for parole hinges on a risk assessment that evaluates whether the brothers are still seen as threats to society.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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