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Shore up   /ʃɔr əp/   Listen
Shore up

verb
1.
Support by placing against something solid or rigid.  Synonyms: prop, prop up, shore.






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"Shore up" Quotes from Famous Books



... repeat once again that we have nothing to do with a transcendental police system or with the conversion of God into a great Judge or Policeman—that is to say, we are not concerned with heaven or hell considered as buttresses to shore up our poor earthly morality, nor are we concerned with anything egoistic or personal. It is not I myself alone, it is the whole human race that is involved, it is the ultimate finality of all our civilization. I am but one, but ...
— Tragic Sense Of Life • Miguel de Unamuno



Words linked to "Shore up" :   bolster, shoring up, hold, sustain, hold up, support



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