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propping

VERB

hold up or lean against

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brace

STRONG

bolster buoy buttress carry maintain rest set shore stand stay strengthen support sustain truss uphold

WEAK

bear up underprop

Antonyms

STRONG

discourage dissuade halt hinder let down neglect refuse reject weaken

WEAK

drop fall

Example Sentences

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And propping up Surf City — a wealthy beach town so full of itself that it makes Santa Monica seem as humble as Santa Ana — as the last, best hope to save California?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The capex boom propping up GDP growth just got a deflationary haircut from a research paper.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

And increasingly governments have an eye on them as a way of propping up overstretched public services and budgets, by improving planning and cutting costs.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Elderly and propping himself up with canes, he said this conflict was of a different magnitude.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Taryn nodded, propping herself up on her elbow.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake