shore sth up
— phrasal verb with shore uk/ʃɔːr/us/ʃɔːr/verb
to stop a wall or a building from falling down by supporting it with building materials such as wood or metal:
Boundary walls have had to be shored up.
to support or improve an organization, agreement, or system that is not working effectively or that is likely to fail:
The new public relations manager has the difficult task of shoring up the company's troubled image.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- skid
- stanchion
- stem
- stilt
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