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Phrase(s): lean something against someone or something
to prop something against someone or something. • She leaned her spade against the house and wiped the sweat from her brow. • Bill leaned the mirror against his leg while he screwed the hook into the wall., Phrase(s): lean against someone or something
to prop oneself against someone or something. • The child leaned against her sister to keep warm. • I leaned against the back of the chair and went right to sleep.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs