buoy up
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Rare earth permanent magnet material is subject to a 13% VAT discount on export from the country, and provincial governments give support on energy costs, for example, which also helps buoy up magnet-making facilities.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
I hate people who use others as props to buoy up their idiotic self-conceits.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother learning to swim when I could just buoy up and speed up with all these water aids.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016
The grandly sizzling New Orleans funk band might be a little tuckered out after its Mardi Gras gig at Tipitina’s in the Crescent City, but Seattle fans will surely buoy up the boys.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2014
There was no moral enthusiasm to buoy up the spirits of his men.
From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang
Rare earth permanent magnet material is subject to a 13% VAT discount on export from the country, and provincial governments give support on energy costs, for example, which also helps buoy up magnet-making facilities.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
I hate people who use others as props to buoy up their idiotic self-conceits.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother learning to swim when I could just buoy up and speed up with all these water aids.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016
The grandly sizzling New Orleans funk band might be a little tuckered out after its Mardi Gras gig at Tipitina’s in the Crescent City, but Seattle fans will surely buoy up the boys.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2014
Floats formed of cork, goose and swan quills, &c., are often used to buoy up the hook so that it may float clear of the bottom.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
