rest on/upon
phrasal verb
rested on/upon; resting on/upon; rests on/upon
1
: to depend or rely on (someone or something)
All our hopes rested on one man.
2
: to stop moving and look at (someone or something)
His eyes/gaze rested on the letter.
3
: to be based on (something)
His theory rested upon two important pieces of evidence.
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But these assumptions rest on increasingly shaky ground.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Spurs’ hopes of beating Norway’s Bodo/Glimt and reaching the Europa League final in Bilbao rest on their shoulders, which is why they were substituted at half-time in last week’s 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest and rested for the 5-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Police said all injuries were sustained on board the ferry, which came to rest on a sandbar south of the Memorial Causeway bridge.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
He was laid to rest on Saturday at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in a simple tomb as requested by the late pontiff, following a funeral Mass on the steps of the St. Peter’s Basilica that drew heads of state, royalty and hundreds of thousands of mourners.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Spurs’ hopes of beating Norway’s Bodo/Glimt and reaching the Europa League final in Bilbao rest on their shoulders, which is why they were substituted at half-time in last week’s 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest and rested for the 5-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Police said all injuries were sustained on board the ferry, which came to rest on a sandbar south of the Memorial Causeway bridge.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
He was laid to rest on Saturday at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in a simple tomb as requested by the late pontiff, following a funeral Mass on the steps of the St. Peter’s Basilica that drew heads of state, royalty and hundreds of thousands of mourners.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Rest on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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