phrasal verb

Shore up

Letter SInseparable

Shore up

Support something to make it stronger

Meanings

Support something to make it stronger (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

The central bank is trying to SHORE UP the currency to stop it from sliding further.

Related

shore + …Same base verb … + upSame particle

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