They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.
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Shore up
/ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/
Synonyms for "shore up" (94 found)
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Noun(11 words)
prop against the wallproppingpropsreinforcereinforcementstabilizersubstantiatesupportsupport framesupport measurevalidate
Verb(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
stable coast
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13 entriesconstruction parteconomic interventionengineering elementholdhold uppolicy measurereasoning supportreinforcementstabilization measurestructural componentsupportsustain
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10 entriesbracebulwarkbuttresscorroboratefunding boostinfrastructure repairpropstaffing increasestanchionsubstantiate
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10 entriesconfidencedefensesfinancesfundingresourcesshore-up fundingshore-up measureshore-up packageshore-up planshore-up project
Inflections
4 entriesSample sentences
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He needed something bold and dramatic to shore up his failing candidacy.
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I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.
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This answer fell just at the right time and just in the right place, to save the poor unstable young man from changing his political complexion once more. He had been on the point of beginning to totter again, but this prop shored him up and kept him from floundering back into democracy and re-renouncing aristocracy.
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