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.
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But the effort was voted down in February after Johnson declined to help La Spata shore up support for the legislation.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Republicans were significantly more likely than Democrats to believe the Israel-Iran conflict would shore up safety in the long term, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Inflationary pressures continue to bleed into municipal budgets, and raising property taxes has become one way to shore up those deficits.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Raise taxes, or cut benefits? Democrats and Republican lawmakers are divided over whether to raise taxes or cut benefits to shore up Social Security.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 18 June 2025
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Republicans were significantly more likely than Democrats to believe the Israel-Iran conflict would shore up safety in the long term, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Inflationary pressures continue to bleed into municipal budgets, and raising property taxes has become one way to shore up those deficits.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Raise taxes, or cut benefits? Democrats and Republican lawmakers are divided over whether to raise taxes or cut benefits to shore up Social Security.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for shore up
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“Shore up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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