shore up

verb

shored up; shoring up; shores up

1

: to support (something) or keep (something) from falling by placing something under or against it

They shored up the roof/wall.

2

: to support or help (something)

The tax cuts are supposed to shore up the economy.

Examples of shore up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the offseason, USC hired former TCU head coach Gary Patterson as defensive coordinator and Mike Ekeler as special teams coordinator, looking to shore up two areas that struggled last season. — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Bessent’s commitment to shoring up the yen was clearly shown when Reuters published a photograph of a notepad in front of him at a cabinet meeting in Camp David on Friday. — Shintaro Inkyo, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Washington has won three straight and wants to shore up its playoff position as the season gets toward crunch time. — Torrey Hart, New York Times, 31 July 2026

The president is heaping demands on Thune as the Senate GOP looks to head home for August and try to shore up its increasingly fragile majority. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

Rhymes for shore up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup