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shores up

shores up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shore up.

Meaning of shore up

Verb

shore up (third-person singular simple present shores up, present participle shoring up, simple past and past participle shored up)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).
    • They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.

Questions about shores up

What is shores up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shores up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shore up.

Words near shores up in the dictionary

  1. shorepounds
  2. shorepower
  3. shorer
  4. shorers
  5. shores
  6. shores up
  7. shoresh
  8. shoreside
  9. shoresides
  10. shoresman
  11. shoresmen

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