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hinge on

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  1. Also, hinge upon. Depend or be contingent on, as in This plan hinges on her approval. This expression employs the verb hinge in the sense of “to hang,” as a door would hang on a hinge, a usage dating from the early 1700s.

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That means stocks may avoid a bear market unless oil prices double, which would hinge on extensive destruction of Saudi production or a closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's

That means stocks may avoid a bear market unless oil prices double, which would hinge on extensive destruction of Saudi production or a closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's

That means stocks may avoid a bear market unless oil prices double, which would hinge on extensive destruction of Saudi production or a closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's

Sustaining the protests hinges on a fragile alliance united by little more than outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Juan Carlos's homecoming, she said, would hinge on him putting "in order his marriage and his financial affairs".

From BBC

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