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
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Writing in a report with Holmes, Bernick recommended a number of steps the EDD could take to shore up the state’s unemployment benefits program, including tightening eligibility standards and modernizing the agency’s computer and communications systems.
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Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
And a year ago, the company shored up reliability and sound quality concerns with the Ear 2.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
The questions are causing agita at Point Loma Nazarene University, which is debating whether to chase money and prestige to shore up its finances and better compete for the declining number of college-age people nationally.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Amid the tumult, Johnson appeared at Mar-a-Lago on Friday in an apparent effort to shore up his support from the former president.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Salt Lake City — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream city.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
Chinese health authorities don’t mandate or provide booster shots to help shore up immunity.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The letter comes as House lawmakers return to Washington from a two-week recess, signaling that Greene will be working to shore up support for forcibly removing Johnson from the speakership among her colleagues.
—USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Ultimately, the National Park Service will remove about 300 of 3,700 trees that line the banks of the Tidal Basin reservoir between the Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials to shore up sea walls lining the reservoir and the west Potomac River.
—Emily Hung, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
And a year ago, the company shored up reliability and sound quality concerns with the Ear 2.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
The questions are causing agita at Point Loma Nazarene University, which is debating whether to chase money and prestige to shore up its finances and better compete for the declining number of college-age people nationally.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Amid the tumult, Johnson appeared at Mar-a-Lago on Friday in an apparent effort to shore up his support from the former president.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Salt Lake City — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream city.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
Chinese health authorities don’t mandate or provide booster shots to help shore up immunity.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The letter comes as House lawmakers return to Washington from a two-week recess, signaling that Greene will be working to shore up support for forcibly removing Johnson from the speakership among her colleagues.
—USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Ultimately, the National Park Service will remove about 300 of 3,700 trees that line the banks of the Tidal Basin reservoir between the Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials to shore up sea walls lining the reservoir and the west Potomac River.
—Emily Hung, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Shore up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore%20up. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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