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prop up

verb

support by placing against something solid or rigid (Freq. 2)

- shore and buttress an old building

• Derivationally related forms: ↑shore (for: ↑shore), ↑shoring (for: ↑shore), ↑shoring up (for: ↑shore up), ↑prop (for: ↑prop)

• Hypernyms: ↑hold, ↑support, ↑sustain, ↑hold up

• Hyponyms: ↑bolster

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Somebody ——s something PP

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prop up [phrasal verb]

1 prop up (something) or prop (something) up : to stop (something) from falling or slipping by placing something under or against it

We propped up the beams with long boards.

2 prop (someone) up or prop up (someone) : to give help, encouragement, or support to (someone)

His faith propped him up in times of crisis.

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Main Entry: ↑prop

Useful english dictionary. 2012.