hinging on
Resting entirely upon
Hinging on means depending entirely upon, as a door depends on its hinges to swing open or closed.
The outcome of a situation hinges on some crucial factor: The election hinges on turnout in three swing states.
Everything hinges on whether she says yes.
- crucialOf supreme importance
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
- predicatedBased on something assumed
- dependentRequiring outside support
- contingentConditional or representative group
rests upon · conditional · determinant · requirement · necessity · prerequisite · based on · pivot point · fulcrum · turning point · reliant · decisive · do or die · causation · subject to · causal link · critical · tipping point
dependency/conditionality
hinging onregardless of
Without being affected by
irrespective of · assured · guaranteed · certain · unconditional
hinge, hinges, hinged, unhinge, unhinged, unhinges, unhinging