| shore up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, increase) |
| support(verb, help, increase, maintain, encourage) |
| prop(verb, support, increase, maintain, sustain) |
| reinforce(verb, support, maintain, strengthen, augment) |
| shore(verb, support, maintain, sustain, uphold) |
| sustain(verb, support, take, increase, maintain) |
| bear(verb, maintain, reinforce, buttress, buoy) |
| bolster(verb, support, help, increase, maintain) |
| brace(verb, support, maintain, prepare, sustain) |
| buttress(verb, support, increase, maintain, sustain) |
| maintain(verb, support, sustain, uphold, reinforce) |
| underpin(verb, support, strengthen, reinforce, buttress) |
| uphold(verb, support, help, maintain, encourage) |
| bear up(verb, expression, support, sustain, uphold) |
| encourage(verb, help, stimulate, excite, prepare) |
| hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, take) |
| strengthen(verb, support, increase, encourage, excite) |
| subsidize(verb, help, encourage, stimulate, uphold) |
| undergird(verb, maintain, reinforce, buttress, buoy) |
| add fuel to fire(verb, expression, idiom, support, increase) |