prop up

US /prɑːp ʌp/
UK /prɑːp ʌp/
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1.

دعم, سند

to support something that is falling or is likely to fall

:
He used a stick to prop up the leaning fence.
استخدم عصا لـدعم السياج المائل.
The old building needed to be propped up with wooden beams.
كان المبنى القديم بحاجة إلى الدعم بعوارض خشبية.
2.

دعم, سند, عزز

to give help or support to something, especially an economy or a system, so that it can continue to exist

:
The government had to prop up the failing banks.
كان على الحكومة دعم البنوك الفاشلة.
Foreign aid is used to prop up the country's weak economy.
تُستخدم المساعدات الخارجية لـدعم اقتصاد البلاد الضعيف.