shore up

Strongest matches

• aid
• boost
• buoy
• buttress
• cushion
• help
• maintain
• reinforce
• strengthen
• support
• sustain

Strong matches

• assist
• brace
• bulwark
• carry
• pillow
• prop
• stay
• uphold

Weak matches

• bear up
• buck up
• hold up
• pick up

Strongest matches

• brace
• build up
• buttress
• consolidate
• entrench
• protect
• reinforce
• secure
• step up
• strengthen

Strong matches

• bulwark
• embattle
• garrison
• gird
• prepare
• prop
• ready
• steel
• support

Weak matches

• charge up
• punch up
• soup up

Strongest matches

• bear
• carry
• stay
• take

Strong matches

• bolster
• brace
• buttress
• lock
• prop
• shoulder
• sustain
• underpin
• uphold

Strongest matches

• add to
• bolster
• boost
• build up
• buttress
• emphasize
• enlarge
• fortify
• increase
• stress
• support
• underline

Strong matches

• carry
• energize
• harden
• hype
• multiply
• prop
• stiffen
• stroke
• supplement
• sustain
• toughen

Weak matches

• add fuel to fire
• back up
• beef up
• heat up
• lend a hand
• pick up
• pillar
• prop up
• punch up
• soup up
• stand up for

Strongest matches

• bolster
• hold
• reinforce
• uphold

Strong matches

• base
• bear
• bed
• bottom
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• cradle
• crutch
• embed
• found
• ground
• mainstay
• poise
• prop
• shore
• shoulder
• stand
• stay
• strut
• sustain
• undergird

Weak matches

• be a foundation for
• keep from falling
• keep up
• upbear

Strongest matches

• assist
• bolster
• buoy
• continue
• defend
• help
• nurse
• preserve
• save

Strong matches

• aid
• approve
• back
• bankroll
• bear
• befriend
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• comfort
• confirm
• convey
• endorse
• favor
• feed
• foster
• lug
• nourish
• nurture
• pack
• prolong
• prop
• protract
• ratify
• relieve
• supply
• support
• tote
• transfer
• transport
• uphold
• validate
• verify

Weak matches

• go for
• keep alive
• keep from falling
• keep going
• lend a hand
• provide for
• stand by
• stick up for

Strongest matches

• advocate
• confirm
• defend
• encourage
• endorse
• hold to
• justify
• promote
• side with
• stand by
• vindicate

Strong matches

• aid
• assist
• back
• bolster
• boost
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• champion
• countenance
• elevate
• help
• hoist
• prop
• raise
• rear
• second
• sustain
• uplift
• upraise

Weak matches

• back up
• buoy up
• hold up one's end
• pick up
• stick by
• stick up for
• take up
• upbear
• uprear