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PROPPING UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propping up mean?
• PROPPING UP (noun)
The noun PROPPING UP has 1 sense:
1. the act of propping up with shores
Familiarity information: PROPPING UP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of propping up with shores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
propping up; shoring; shoring up
Hypernyms ("propping up" is a kind of...):
support; supporting (the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening)
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