rest with sb
formal— phrasal verb with rest uk/rest/us/rest/verb
If a responsibility or decision rests with someone, they are responsible for it:
The authority to call an emergency meeting rests with the president.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being based on or depending on something
- base sth on sth
- basis
- boil down to sth
- build around sth
- build on sth
- come down to sth
- ground
- in the wake of sth idiom
- live off sb/sth
- more
- on the back of sth idiom
- on the strength of sth idiom
- predicate
- rest
- ride
- spring
- turn on sth
- underlie
- underpin
- understanding
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