Base verb
Phrasal verbs with lean
The verb lean combines with 4 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
4 phrasal verbs · 4 meanings
lean back
1 sense- Tip the upper body backward
lean in
1 sense- Move your body forward toward something
lean on
1 sense- Pressure someone strongly to do something
lean over
1 sense- Tip the upper body over something
Practice the lean family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of lean with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.