We have to buttress up this part of the wall while we work on it.
•The workers buttressed the wall up with heavy timbers.
2. Fig. to provide extra support, often financial support, for something. •We rounded up some money to buttress the company up through the sales slump.
•The loan buttressed up the company for a few months.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
buttress — I. noun Etymology: Middle English butres, from Anglo French (arche) boteraz thrusting (arch), ultimately from buter to thrust more at butt Date: 14th century 1. a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
buttress — I UK [ˈbʌtrəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms buttress : singular buttress plural buttresses a structure made of brick or stone that sticks out from the wall of a building to support it • See: flying buttress II UK [ˈbʌtrəs] / US verb… … English dictionary
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buttress — but•tress [[t]ˈbʌ trɪs[/t]] n. 1) bui archit. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts 2) any prop or support 3) something resembling a buttress in shape or… … From formal English to slang
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prop something up — 1) this post is propping the wall up Syn: hold up, shore up, buttress, support, brace, underpin 2) they prop up loss making industries Syn: subsidize, underwrite, fund, finance … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
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