Synonyms for shore up
shore 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"

   Synonyms:
   set ashore, shore, land, prop up, prop

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1. shore up

   Synonyms:
   prop, support, prop up

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1. Tate Reeves:

   We have been working around the clock to secure additional medical personnel through both federal and private sector sources to shore up the staffing shortage that our hospitals find themselves in. Getting boots on the ground this quickly is a step in the right direction.

2. Mick Mulroy:

   If we fail to shore up the moral and ethical bulwarks of our society we will have to live with the consequences. We will almost certainly watch our international reputation continue to wane. We will continue to lose our way and fracture at our many seams. A philosopher-king like Aurelius—American democratic leaders like Aurelius—can help us change course and save us from ourselves.

3. Christopher Krebs:

   I see intelligence, I see reporting on stuff every day that would look -- absent context -- concerning, we haven't seen a campaign on the scale of 2016 of concerted attacks against election infrastructure, concerted attacks against campaigns. Yes, Microsoft made an announcement yesterday about three Russian -- about three campaigns being targeted. That is concerning and so we're going to work with them, we're going to get that information, the FBI's worked with them to share information to shore up defenses.

4. William Jackson:

   It's encouraging that there's growing recognition among policymakers that an IMF deal is beneficial for Romania, it would help to shore up confidence in Romania in the event of any external shock and, perhaps most importantly, it acts as an anchor for structural reforms.

5. David Miliband:

   That is a recipe for refugee flow. We have been warning of it for nine months, if we don't shore up those countries, then people will move on.