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Idioms and Phrases
Support, prop, as in The new law was designed to shore up banks in danger of failure . This expression derives from the noun shore , meaning “prop,†a beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support. The verb shore dates from 1340 and was first recorded in a figurative context in 1581.Example Sentences
Consumer Watchdog has called on State Farm Mutual to instead shore up the subsidiary’s capital position.
If, on top of that, they need to shore up Social Security, they could raise taxes even further, perhaps to a level unprecedented in post-war years.
That slender margin was shored up on Tuesday in special congressional elections in Trump's political heartland of Florida.
The dispute is over Birmingham City Council plans to downgrade some staff and reduce their pay as part of wide-ranging measures to shore up the troubled authority's finances.
So Europe has a fair bit of catching up to do if it is to even come close to shoring up its defence and security.
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