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English verb: prop up

1. prop up (contact) support by placing against something solid or rigid


SamplesShore and buttress an old building.


Synonymsprop, shore, shore up


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s something PP


Broader (hypernym)hold, hold up, support, sustain


Narrower (hyponym)bolster









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