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SHORING UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shoring up mean?
• SHORING UP (noun)
The noun SHORING UP has 1 sense:
1. the act of propping up with shores
Familiarity information: SHORING 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 ("shoring up" is a kind of...):
support; supporting (the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening)
Derivation:
shore up (support by placing against something solid or rigid)
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