hinge on/uponsomething
phrasal verbwithhingeverbuk/hɪndʒ/us/hɪndʒ/
If one thinghingeson another, the first thingdependson the second thing or is veryinfluencedby it:
The prosecution'scasehingedon theevidenceof awitnesswhodiedbefore thetrial.
If astoryorsituationhingeson anideaorsubject, itdevelopsfrom thatideaor that is the mostimportantsubjectin it:
The film'splothingeson acaseofmistakenidentity.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- egg
- footing
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- the stuff ofsomethingidiom
- understanding
- wake