the stuff of sth
literarysomething that a particular type of thing is made of or based on:
Her appetite for shopping became the stuff of legend.
A thwarted love affair is the (very) stuff of fiction.
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Being based on or depending on something
- base sth on sth
- basis
- boil down to sth
- build around sth
- build on sth
- come down to sth
- ground
- in the wake of sth idiom
- live off sb/sth
- more
- on the back of sth idiom
- on the strength of sth idiom
- predicate
- rest
- ride
- spring
- turn on sth
- underlie
- underpin
- understanding
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