prop up

verb

propped up; propping up; props up
Synonyms of prop upnext
1
: to stop (something) from falling or slipping by placing something under or against it
We propped up the beams with long boards.
propped the plant stems up
2
: to give help, encouragement, or support to (someone)
His faith propped him up in times of crisis.

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Tariffs should have been a single building block propping up the president’s trade and economic strategy, not the entire structure. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026 In a country running above-target inflation, importing all its energy and watching its government spend tens of billions propping up the currency, most households owned none of the one thing that would have shielded them. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The United States has mounted an intervention to prop up the value of the Japanese yen, which recently touched a four-decade low against the dollar. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 The outlay has helped prop up the finances of small market teams that lost their regional sports network deals. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prop up

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