hinge
Example Sentences
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Perhaps even more will now hinge on whether the team can secure Champions League qualification for next season.
From BBC
The entire discipline hinges on a man either throwing a woman into the air or holding her over his head.
Their emotional tip-toeing reaches a breaking point in episode 4 with the tuna melt scene, arguably the emotional hinge of the series.
From Salon
I lifted several doors off their hinges in our house last month to refinish the hardware and hang them straighter.
Whether the latter strategy is successful remains to be seen, and must also largely hinge on whether England justify their status as one of the World Cup favourites.
From BBC
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