shore up

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈʃɔːɹ‿ʌp/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

In summary

From shore (“to provide with support”) + up. Shore is derived from Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); while shore (noun) is from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.

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