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"ref": "December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine",
"text": "A $465 million federal loan in 2010 helped prop up Tesla at a crucial juncture, and its customers have benefitted from hefty tax incentives.",
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"(transitive) To support with, or as if with, a prop."
],
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"_dis1": "91 9",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "accoter"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "appuyer"
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "étayer"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "fulciō"
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "koltuklamak",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "قولتقلامق"
},
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "apuntalar"
}
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"ref": "26 March 2014, Jamie Jackson, “Fans' revolt leaves David Moyes dead man walking at Manchester United”, in The Guardian",
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"To be at the bottom of (a league)."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To be at the bottom of (a league)."
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "accoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "appuyer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "étayer"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "fulciō"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "koltuklamak",
"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "قولتقلامق"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to support with a prop",
"word": "apuntalar"
}
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"word": "prop up"
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