shore up

phrasal verb

shored up; shoring up; shores up

: to support (something) or keep (something) from falling by placing something under or against it

They shored up the roof/wall.

: to support or help (something)

The tax cuts are supposed to shore up the economy.

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Either way, Republicans remain angry that the race has even gotten to this point, especially after the Senate Leadership Fund spent $3 million to shore up her standing — money that could have been used in the final weeks in any of the battleground states. —

Al Weaver, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024 Boeing raised $21 billion in a stock sale this week to shore up its balance sheet. —

Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 This leads to a perceptive idea that natural gas can be viewed as a bridge fuel in the energy transition, a fuel that will be needed to shore up energy usage in power plants, manufacturing, and heating for buildings. —

Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 Eager to shore up support among Black men, Harris appeared on Charlamagne Tha God’s influential radio program — CNN and MSNBC even simulcast it — and was interviewed by MSNBC’s Al Sharpton. —

David Bauder, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shore up