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PROP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Support by placing against something solid or rigid

Example:

shore and buttress an old building

Synonyms:

prop; prop up; shore; shore up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "prop up" is one way to...):

hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prop up"):

bolster (prop up with a pillow or bolster)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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