Stay and Shore up

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Stay

Stay verb - To hold up or serve as a foundation for.

Usage example: beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs

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Shore up and stay are semantically related in brace topic. In some cases you can use "Shore up" instead a verb "Stay".

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

Shore up

Shore up verb - To hold up or serve as a foundation for.

Usage example: a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete

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Stay and shore up are semantically related in help topic. Sometimes you can use "Stay" instead a verb "Shore up", if it concerns topics such as support, hold up.

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