shore up

phrasal 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

Even Portugal, who have been naive defensively but have considerable pace in attack, could threaten in transition, and Italy will need to shore up that element of their game to avoid being caught out. —Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 July 2025

What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into an all-night slog as Republican leaders bought time to shore up support. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025

That same year, a proposal to shore up city tram revenues during the Depression by banning bicycles from the historic center was hooted down. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025

There have been some efforts in Congress to find a solution, with Representatives on both sides of the aisle reintroducing a 2019 bill in May, which would shore up the legal status of farm workers. —Billal Rahman dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025

Rhymes for shore up

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