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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., 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