prop up

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Verb

prop up - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"

hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

bolster - prop up with a pillow or bolster

Translations

يَسْنِد، يَدْعَم

opřítpodepřít

støtte

abstützen

appuyer étançonner étayer

megtámaszt

styîja, skorîa, skjóta stoîum undir

dayamakdesteklemek

支撑

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vt sep

(= rest, lean) to prop oneself/something up against something → sich/etw gegen etw lehnen

(= support) → stützen; tunnel, wall → abstützen; engine → aufbocken; (fig) régime, company, the pound → stützen; organization → unterstützen; to prop oneself up on something → sich auf etw (acc) → stützen; he spends most of his time propping up the bar (inf) → er hängt die meiste Zeit an der Bar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

prop¹

(prop) noun

a support. The ceiling was held up with wooden props.

verb – past tense, past participle propped –

to lean (something) against something else. He propped his bicycle against the wall.

prop up

to support (something) in an upright position, or stop it from falling. We had to prop up the roof; He propped himself up against the wall.

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