prop up

phrasal verb

propped up; propping up; props up

: to stop (something) from falling or slipping by placing something under or against it

We propped up the beams with long boards.

propped the plant stems up

: to give help, encouragement, or support to (someone)

His faith propped him up in times of crisis.

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Meanwhile, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has been tapped repeatedly to prop up the ruble, leaving the Kremlin with less firepower to battle another currency collapse. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024 The core rate is being propped up by the stickiness of services inflation, which only slid slightly to 3.9% in November from 4% during the previous month. —

Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024 Holiday shopping likely won’t be strong enough to prop up the Container Store, analysts say. —

Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024 Russia's Central Bank (CBR) intervened on Wednesday to prop up the plummeting ruble, which weakened to 114 against the U.S. dollar, its lowest since March 2022 during the first weeks of Putin's full-scale invasion. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prop up