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ROGET THESAURUS

RELATED WORDS : act upon agreed upon alight upon bear down upon bear upon blunder upon borne in upon build upon burst upon butt hinge chance upon come upon coming upon comment upon depend upon descend upon embark upon encroach upon enter upon expanding upon fall upon fasten upon fawn upon feed upon force upon frown upon gain upon happen upon hinge hinge joint hinge on hit upon impose upon insist upon joint hinge light upon look down upon look upon marched upon obtrude upon pounce upon presume upon prevail upon put upon reflect upon set upon settle upon spring upon strap hinge stumble upon supervene upon swoop down upon t hinge tee hinge touch upon tread upon upon upon one's guard visit upon wear upon weigh upon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hinge upon has 1 sense

• hinge upon(v = verb.stative) depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, ride, turn on - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

ROGET THESAURUS

hinge upon

Effect

VB be the effect of, be due to, be owing to, originate in, originate from, rise from, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from, come to, come of, come out of, depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon, take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

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