Definitions for propping up
prop·ping up

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1. shoring, shoring up, propping upnoun

   the act of propping up with shores

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1. propping up

   Propping up generally refers to giving support or assistance to something or someone to maintain their stability or prevent them from failing. This could be through a physical, emotional, financial, or any other form of support. In the business context, it often refers to bolstering a company with financial aid to prevent bankruptcy. In a literal sense, it means to hold something upright or in place by putting a prop or support under or against it.

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1. • Support

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of propping up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of propping up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of propping up in a Sentence

1. Oliver Barron:

   With current market volatility and weak retail investor sentiment, these hedge fund strategies would naturally lead them to sell the market ... which is against the government's intention of propping up the market.

2. Kirk Lippold:

   Iran is taking strategic advantage of tactical decisions that are being made, initially with the proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon, recently propping up the government of Assad in Syria, and now, look at what is happening in Iraq.

3. Will Marshall:

   Republicans are tapping into frustrations real and imagined, but we have left a vacuum, we have no reform agenda. Our party is seen as propping up a bureaucratic status quo that many parents thought didn't perform well during the pandemic. You can't just point to Republican demagoguery about race and books and win the argument. You have to make voters a counteroffer.

4. Nikki Haley:

   I can't get the images out of my head of people on their knees blindfolded, knowing what's about to happen to them, i can't imagine in any way supporting that or propping up China.

5. David Curry:

   The Kim dynasty is responsible for perpetuating deplorable human rights conditions in the name of propping up the regime, the death or incapacitation of Kim Jong Un is likely the only opportunity for this generation to see a historic resurgence of human rights protections for North Korean citizens.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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