shore up

• Ein Verb, das bedeutet, etwas zu stützen, zu festigen oder zu stärken, insbesondere Systeme, Argumente oder Strukturen, um deren Zusammenbruch oder Scheitern zu verhindern.

A phrasal verb meaning to support, strengthen, or reinforce something, especially a system, argument, or structure, to prevent failure or collapse.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. formal

   To support or strengthen something that is weak or in danger of failing.

   Stützen und stärken

   • The government is trying to shore up the economy.
   • They used sandbags to shore up the riverbank.
   • The company needs to shore up its finances.

   Synonymebolsterbracebuttressprop upreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymedestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

2. Reinforce physicallyformal

   To prop up or reinforce a structure to prevent collapse.

   Stützen

   • Workers shored up the old building with steel beams.
   • They shored up the tunnel walls to prevent a cave-in.
   • The miners shored up the roof of the mine shaft.

   Synonymebracebuttresspropreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymedestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

Grundverbshore