prop sth up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av prop sth up på svenska

• 0 to lift and give support to something by putting something under it:

  • He was sitting upright in his hospital bed, propped up by pillows.

  • There were the usual bunch of drinkers propped up at (= leaning against) the bar.

  • How long is the government likely to survive without the US military force there to prop it up?

• 1 to help an organization, system, etc. that is having trouble, often by giving financial help:

  • The US Federal Reserve adjusted interest rates in January in an attempt to prop up the economy.

  • prop up the dollar/pound/yen, etc. Should the Central Bank intervene to prop up the ailing euro, or wait for a natural recovery?

  • The pact was scrapped last October after Thailand and Malaysia quit, saying that it had failed to prop up prices.