shore up

• Verbo frasal que significa apoiar, fortalecer ou reforçar algo, especialmente um sistema, argumento ou estrutura, para evitar que falhe ou desmorone.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. formal

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

   Reforçar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbolsterbracebuttressprop upreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antônimosdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

2. Reinforce physicallyformal

   To prop up or reinforce a structure to prevent collapse.

   Escorar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbracebuttresspropreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antônimosdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

Verbo baseshore