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lean
lean
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lean
CONTENT RELATED TO
LEAN
What Does The Phrase “Lean In” Mean?
You can thank Sheryl Sandberg for popularizing the phrase "lean in." Turns out it has been used for years in different ways, but has exploded in use now.
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WORDS RELATED TO
LEAN
lolling
verb
lay sprawled
bum
dangle
dawdle
droop
drop
flap
flop
goof off
hang
hang loose
idle
laze
lean
loaf
loiter
lounge
recline
relax
rest
sag
slouch
slump
sprawl
lurch
verb
move toward with jerk
blunder
bumble
careen
dodge
duck
falter
flounder
heave
jerk
lean
list
move to the side
pitch
reel
rock
roll
seesaw
slide
slip
stagger
stumble
sway
swing
teeter
tilt
toss
totter
wallow
weave
wobble
yaw
lurched
verb
move toward with jerk
blunder
bumble
careen
dodge
duck
falter
flounder
heave
jerk
lean
list
move to the side
pitch
reel
rock
roll
seesaw
slide
slip
stagger
stumble
sway
swing
teeter
tilt
toss
totter
wallow
weave
wobble
yaw
lurching
verb
move toward with jerk
blunder
bumble
careen
dodge
duck
falter
flounder
heave
jerk
lean
list
move to the side
pitch
reel
rock
roll
seesaw
slide
slip
stagger
stumble
sway
swing
teeter
tilt
toss
totter
wallow
weave
wobble
yaw
meager
adjective
very thin
angular
bare
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
broomstick
emaciated
gangling
gangly
gaunt
hungry
lacking
lank
lanky
lean
lithe
little
narrow
rattleboned
rawboned
scraggy
scrawny
skin and bones
skinny
slender
slim
spare
starved
stinted
stunted
tenuous
underfed
wanting
willowy
withered
more concise
adjective
short, to the point
abridged
boiled down
breviloquent
brief
compact
compendiary
compendious
compressed
condensed
curt
epigrammatic
in a nutshell
laconic
lean
marrowy
meaty
pithy
short and sweet
succinct
summary
synoptic
terse
pitch
verb
dive, roll
ascend
bend
bicker
careen
descend
dip
drive
drop
fall
flounder
go down
heave
lean
lunge
lurch
plunge
rise
rock
seesaw
slope
slump
stagger
tilt
topple
toss
tumble
vault
wallow
welter
yaw
pitched
verb
dive, roll
ascend
bend
bicker
careen
descend
dip
drive
drop
fall
flounder
go down
heave
lean
lunge
lurch
plunge
rise
rock
seesaw
slope
slump
stagger
tilt
topple
toss
tumble
vault
wallow
welter
yaw
pitching
verb
dive, roll
ascend
bend
bicker
careen
descend
dip
drive
drop
fall
flounder
go down
heave
lean
lunge
lurch
plunge
rise
rock
seesaw
slope
slump
stagger
tilt
topple
toss
tumble
vault
wallow
welter
yaw
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