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on the strength of sth

Definition

If you do something on the strength of something such as advice, you do it because you have been influenced by it or believe it: I invested in the company on the strength of my brother's advice.Being based on or depending on something
(Definition of on the strength of sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)