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present tense third-person singular of shore (up)
Synonyms & Antonyms of shores (up)
1
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
- a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete
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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 for shores (up)
- backs,
- bolsters,
- buttresses,
- corroborates,
- reinforces
- (also reenforces),
- substantiates,
- supports
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“Shores (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shores%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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