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What does relied mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rely
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The plan proposed Mr Robertson as manager and relied on volunteers acting as core staff.
Another early navigational instrument that relied on the same principles as the quadrant was the mariner's astrolabe.
In all my swimathons I have relied heavily on my colleagues at the research councils to sponsor me and they have always come up trumps.
If we'd relied on self-adhesive labels in the past we'd be experiencing very difficult times now.
Houdini relied on great skill, low cunning, and keeping tiny metal picklocks concealed about his person.
They charged that his delay to fire ministers he found wanting was proof enough that his word could not be relied upon.

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