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Verb: hinge on
  1. Be contingent on
    "The success of the project hinges on securing adequate funding";
    - depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge upon

Derived forms: hinging on, hinged on, hinges on

Type of: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take