shore up

verb

shored up; shoring up; shores up

1

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

They shored up the roof/wall.

2

: to support or help (something)

The tax cuts are supposed to shore up the economy.

Examples of shore up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ellison, meanwhile, continued to up his bid, and began to take meetings with Middle East sovereign wealth funds to shore up the financing for the deal. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Projects like Cold Creek bring tax revenue into rural host communities, create local jobs, and shore up grid resiliency for the surrounding neighborhoods. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

The event, televised by dozens of channels across Serbia, capped a week of Vucic touring towns and villages in an apparent bid to shore up his popularity that's been shaken after almost two years of sustained anti-government protests. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Green Bay signed guards Laken Tomlinson, Mekhi Becton and Kevin Zeitler this week, bringing in more than a thousand pounds of veteran help to help shore up a leaky unit. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for shore up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup