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Idioms and Phrases

Support, prop, as in The new law was designed to shore up banks in danger of failure . This expression derives from the noun shore , meaning 鈥減rop,鈥 a beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support. The verb shore dates from 1340 and was first recorded in a figurative context in 1581.
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It has pumped billions into a contentious trade and infrastructure programme, better known as the Belt and Road initiative, to shore up ties with the so-called Global South.

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The timing of Mr Huang's trip is being seen as an effort to shore up Nvidia's business in China despite the latest curbs.

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Yellow diggers are shoring up mounds of earth, as construction workers prepare to lay the foundations for what's set to become the largest start-up campus in Europe.

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Rent, groceries, paying off debt and shoring up savings are common targets of tax refund money, Alev said.

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Consumer Watchdog has called on State Farm Mutual to instead shore up the subsidiary鈥檚 capital position.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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