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shore (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shore (up)

1 to hold up or serve as a foundation for

a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete

Synonyms of shore (up)

bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold

Words Related to shore (up)

steady, truss, underlie

2 to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape

Synonyms of shore (up)

back, bolster, buttress, corroborate, reinforce (also reenforce), substantiate, support

Words Related to shore (up)

confirm, establish, prove, verify

affirm, avouch, validate

Near Antonyms of shore (up)

undercut, undermine, weaken

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