shore up
phrasal verbshore something up
- to support part of a building or other large structure by placing large pieces of wood or metal against or under it so that it does not fall down
- Timbers were used to shore up the tunnel.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- to help to support something that is weak or going to fail
- The measures were aimed at shoring up the economy.