See shore up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Neapolitan translations",
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations"
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{
"text": "They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He needed something bold and dramatic to shore up his failing candidacy.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXII, in The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC, pages 233–234:",
"text": "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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{
"ref": "2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 – 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-08-30:",
"text": "[Harry] Redknapp was determined to secure victory and sent on Younes Kaboul and star playmaker Luka Modric to shore things up.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2018, Marcus Chown, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand […] , Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "However, in 1998, the Argentinean-American physicist Juan Maldacena published a paper that shored up the idea that we live in a ‘holographic universe’ and set the world of physics alight.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 October 19, “Suella Braverman forced to resign as UK home secretary”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "[Liz Truss] had cleared her diary and called off a planned visit amid desperate attempts to shore up her premiership, before speaking to Braverman at a meeting in the House of Commons, sources said.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)."
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"reinforce"
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[
"strengthen",
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[
"at risk",
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"(transitive, often figuratively) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)."
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{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "embolster"
},
{
"word": "prop up"
},
{
"word": "underfoot"
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{
"word": "undergird"
},
{
"word": "underpin"
},
{
"word": "underprop"
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{
"word": "underset"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpíram",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "подпи́рам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podprá",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "подпра́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "apuntalar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "sostenir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "支撐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīchēng",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "支撑"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīchí",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "支持"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "verstevigen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "pönkittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "accorer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "étançonner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "renforcer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "abstützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "stützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "unterstützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "alátámaszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "megtámaszt"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "támaszt"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "kitámaszt"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "kidúcol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "aládúcol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "dúcol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "megtámogat"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "puntellare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "rincalzàre"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "sostenere"
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"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "whakatete"
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"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "ncarzà"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dayamak",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "طیامق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podpierać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podeprzeć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podtrzymywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podtrzymać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wspierać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wesprzeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "sustentar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "escorar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podderžátʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поддержа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upročnjátʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "упрочня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upróčitʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "упро́чить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepítʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укрепи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkrepítʹ",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подкрепи́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "поду̀прије̄ти"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "подупрети"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "подр̀жати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "podùprijēti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "podupreti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "podr̀žati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "apuntalar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "reforzar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kám",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "ค้ำ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "desteklemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)",
"word": "payanda vurmak"
}
],
"word": "shore up"
}
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