found on

found (up)on

To create or establish something on a particular foundation, idea, or principle. This sort of despicable behavior is certainly not what I founded the company on.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

found something (up)on something

to establish something on some kind of basis or justification. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The owners founded this company upon prompt service. We founded our business on practically no money.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

found on

or found upon
v.
To establish the basis of something with some other thing; base something on something else: The original inhabitants founded their community on the basis of shared labor. The laws are founded upon deep principles of justice.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • found (up)on
  • code of practice
  • practice
  • sin against
  • sin against (someone or something)
  • university
  • redbrick university
  • on principle
  • a slippery slope
  • cycle
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TWO 500lb bombs thought to be from the Second World War have been found on a wind farm site in the Channel.
WW2 bombs found at wind farm site