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                           Phrase(s): lean toward someone or something  1. to incline toward someone or something.  •  Tom is leaning toward Randy. I think he is going to fall on him.  •  The tree is leaning toward the edge of the cliff. It will fall eventually. 2. to tend to favor [choosing] someone or something.  •  I am leaning toward Sarah as the new committee head.  •  I’m leaning toward a new committee.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Phrase(s): lean toward doing something  to tend toward doing something; to favor doing something.  •  The union is leaning toward accepting the proposal.  •  My friends leaned toward swimming instead of shopping.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs