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prop (up)verb to hold up or serve as a foundation forthese beams are propping up the entire roof bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold steady, truss, underlie to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an endinvariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis abet, aid, assist, back, backstop, help, support advance, ease, facilitate, forward, foster, further, launchchampion, endorse(also indorse), patronize, promote, sponsorattend, care (for), comfort, minister (to), succorsustainbolster, boost, buttress, reinforce(also reenforce)advise, counsel, guide, mentor, nurturebail out, deliver, rescue, saveembolden, encourage, heartenbenefit, favor, oblige, profit, serve bear a hand, to stand one in good stead hinder balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrain, stranglebaffle, foil, frustrate, inconvenience, interfere, oppose, sabotage, thwartdesert, disappoint, fail, let downdiscourage, disheartenrepress, retard, stifle, straiten, stuntdamage, harm, hurt, injure |