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Common collocations with rest on in American Collocation

rest on phrasal verb transitive

US

chiefly
entirely
largely
primarily
principally
solely
ultimately

His place in physics rests chiefly on his researches in radiation.

an assumption

assertion
assumption
presumption
presupposition

But these hopes often rest on unrealistic assumptions.

a principle or belief

argument
belief
conviction
foundation
idea
premise
principle
proposition
tenet

Our policy for sourcing goods rests on firm ethical principles.

a mistaken belief

misunderstanding

Their position on the Middle East rests on a misunderstanding of recent history.