prop up
support by placing against something solid or rigid (Freq. 2) - shore and buttress an old building • Syn: prop, shore up, shore • 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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