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 efforts rest on a fundamental and increasingly scarce input: electricity.
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Mark Le Dain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
American footballs rest on the sideline before the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 27, 2016 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
As with mesh netting for wildlife protection, cloth row covers, or plastic low tunnels, shade cloth needs a supportive structure to rest on, and low tunnel hoops are ideal for this purpose.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025
But just because the Giants are doing better than anyone should have reasonably expected doesn’t mean that this is the time to rest on the team’s laurels.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
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Mark Le Dain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
American footballs rest on the sideline before the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 27, 2016 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
As with mesh netting for wildlife protection, cloth row covers, or plastic low tunnels, shade cloth needs a supportive structure to rest on, and low tunnel hoops are ideal for this purpose.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025
But just because the Giants are doing better than anyone should have reasonably expected doesn’t mean that this is the time to rest on the team’s laurels.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for rest on/upon
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“Rest on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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