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

Still, there’s work to be done to shore up confidence and reassure foreign producers that the rebate is back on solid footing. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

But in Newport Beach, officials said the city had so far avoided major damage and flooding after working around the clock to shore up berms. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Dario Amodei, the CEO and cofounder of Anthropic, has called for slowing the pace of the AI development in order to shore up safeguards and has been a vocal advocate for government regulation of AI. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Ellison, meanwhile, continued to up his bid, and began to take meetings with Middle East sovereign wealth funds to shore up the financing for the deal. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for shore up

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