Dependent on
Dependent on adjective - Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow.
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Synonyms for Dependent on
Hooked on and dependent on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hooked on" instead an adjective phrase "Dependent on".
Hooked on
Dependent on and hooked on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependent on" instead an adjective "Hooked on".
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One of the obstacles to her escape is that the bosses have deliberately gotten her hooked on drugs and supply her themselves to keep her dependent on them.
Source: Drugs Are Bad -
Also Peggy in Morning, Noon & Night, leading to a subversion — she's been keeping Woody hooked on heroin and thus dependent on her.
Source: Creator / Sidney Sheldon -
And just to make sure there's nothing standing between you and the prize, arrange to have the husband murdered behind bars, the baby placed in foster care and get the girl hooked on drugs so she'll always be dependent on you.
Source: Film / Blood and Bone
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