prop up

prop up
transitive verb
1) (support) stützen

prop oneself up on one's elbows — sich auf die Ellbogen stützen

2) (fig.) aufrichten [Person]; vor dem Konkurs bewahren [Firma]; stützen [Regierung, Währung]
* * *
(to support (something) in an upright position, or stop it from falling: We had to prop up the roof; He propped himself up against the wall.) abstützen
* * *
prop up
vt
to \prop up up ⇆ sth etw aufbocken
to \prop up oneself up sich akk abstützen
to \prop up up the industry (fig) die Industrie stützen
to \prop up up the bar sich dat einen hinter die Binde kippen [o gießen] fam
* * *
vt sep
1)

(= rest, lean) to prop oneself/sth up against sth — sich/etw gegen etw lehnen

2) (= support) stützen; tunnel, wall abstützen; engine aufbocken; (fig) régime, company, the pound stützen; organization unterstützen

to prop oneself up on sth — sich auf etw (acc) stützen

he spends most of his time propping up the bar (inf)er hängt die meiste Zeit an der Bar

* * *
transitive verb
1) (support) stützen

prop oneself up on one's elbows — sich auf die Ellbogen stützen

2) (fig.) aufrichten [Person]; vor dem Konkurs bewahren [Firma]; stützen [Regierung, Währung]
* * *
v.
abstützen v.

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