HyperDic: shoring_up

English > 1 sense of the expression *shoring up*:
NOUN	act	shoring up, shoring, propping up	the act of propping up with shores

English > *shoring up*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of propping up with shores.
Synonyms	shoring, propping up
Broader	support, supporting	The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
Spanish	apuntalamiento
Verbs	shore up	support by placing against something solid or rigid