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. upprop

How to pronounce prop up?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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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. 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.

2. President Barack Obama:

   If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in, in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.

3. Steven Mnuchin:

   Venezuela's oil... should not be used as a bargaining tool to prop up dictators and prolong the usurpation of Venezuelan democracy.

4. 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.

5. President Obama:

   [A]n attempt byRussia and Iran to prop up Assad and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. And it won’t work.

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
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