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Meaning of on the strength of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR C2

Definitions

In reliance upon; on the basis of; using as a guide or support.

Examples

“The police arrested him on the strength of some rather flimsy evidence.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

on the stroke of on the verge of on this side of on to on top of onaccounta