Definitions for prop up
prop up

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1. prop up, prop, shore up, shoreverb

   support by placing against something solid or rigid

   "shore and buttress an old building"

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1. prop upverb

   To support with, or as if with, a prop.

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1. prop up

   To "prop up" generally refers to supporting, sustaining or preventing something or someone from falling, either physically - by putting an object underneath for support, or figuratively like providing financial or other forms of assistance. It can also mean to falsely maintain or boost something like prices or ratings, often through artificial means.

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1. • Support

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1. upprop

How to pronounce prop up?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prop up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prop up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of prop up in a Sentence

1. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   That makes me absolutely certain I'm right if the secretary of state thinks that, iSIS is simply not being attacked by Russia. Russia is in Syria along with Iran to prop up (President Bashar) Assad.

2. Ian Kernohan:

   We had coordinated central bank action at the height of the crisis but I don't think we are at that stage now, is it the central banks' job to prop up markets all the time? Are we in a crisis, or are we just having a scare from weak China manufacturing data?

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.

4. Philip Petursson:

   At this point I would say you'd still want to be cautious on the miners as well as the energy sector, i think the pop today is really in relation to China and expectations of continued stimulus. How much that helps to prop up the metals is subject to pretty wide debate. We're still in a supply glut situation.

5. Daniel Leo:

   We provide over 20 % of all professional rugby players in the world. We help prop up everybody's competitions, we don't have our own pathway at the moment. We don't have the audience, but we bring a huge amount of value to the party. There is no feast without the fire.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prop up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prop_Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com