support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences
shore up
Турецкое произношение
şôr ʌp
Произношение
/ˈsʜôr ˈəp/ /ˈʃɔːr ˈʌp/
Этимология
[ 'shOr, 'shor ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old English scor; akin to Middle Low German schOr foreland and perhaps to Old English scieran to cut; more at SHEAR.