Lean on and Repress

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Lean on verb - Rest on for support.

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Repress is an antonym for lean on in topics: bother, compel, incite, move or urge on, put a rule.

Repress verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.

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Lean on is an antonym for repress.

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Repress and Lean on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lean_on/repress

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