shore sth up Význam & definícia

Význam shore sth up v slovenčine

• 0 to stop a wall or a building from falling down by supporting it with building materials such as wood or metal:

  • Boundary walls have had to be shored up.

  • The new public relations manager has the difficult task of shoring up the company's troubled image.

• 1 to support a business, system, currency, etc. that is weak and seems likely to fail, especially by providing money:

  • They put in an additional $3.6 million for its employee pension fund as part of a four-year plan to shore it up.

  • India's central bank has spent an estimated $1-2 billion to shore the rupee up since April.