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What is the definition of "suring up"/"to sure up"?
Hello Everyone,
An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with:
If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?
Is this the same as saying "The fashion had gained a sure hold on everyone"?
The definition of "sure" seems to aim more towards being confident, firmly believing, bound to, certain to get something, effective, unerring, dependable, undoubtedly..
Thanks.
An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with:
If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?
Is this the same as saying "The fashion had gained a sure hold on everyone"?
The definition of "sure" seems to aim more towards being confident, firmly believing, bound to, certain to get something, effective, unerring, dependable, undoubtedly..
Thanks.
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[/nq] Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic. Did you misread "shore up"? 1.
- [/nq] Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic.
- Did you misread "shore up"?
- 1.
- This is a standard phrase, also used asa metaphor, meaning to reinforce or strengthen.
- 2.
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[nq:1]If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic. Did you misread "shore up"?
1. This is a standard phrase, also used asa metaphor, meaning to reinforce or strengthen.
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Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic. Did you misread "shore up"?
1. This is a standard phrase, also used asa metaphor, meaning to reinforce or strengthen.
2.
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[nq:1]An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with: If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
I've never heard this. It sounds like a mis-hearing of "shore up".
David
I've never heard this. It sounds like a mis-hearing of "shore up".
David
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[nq:2]If someone does something to "sure up" something else - ... - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic. Did you misread "shore up"?[/nq]
Ahh. Thank you. Sorry, I didn't even think of that spelling when I heard the phrase on the radio this morning. My apologies.
[nq:1]Better check your source, because this is unidiomatic. Did you misread "shore up"?[/nq]
Ahh. Thank you. Sorry, I didn't even think of that spelling when I heard the phrase on the radio this morning. My apologies.
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[nq:2]An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with: ... - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've never heard this. It sounds like a mis-hearing of "shore up".[/nq]
You're quite right! Thanks!
[nq:1]I've never heard this. It sounds like a mis-hearing of "shore up".[/nq]
You're quite right! Thanks!
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Perhaps the phrase is actually "shore up"? This is a common idiom that means "support" or "make stronger".
nancy g.
nancy g.
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[nq:1]Perhaps the phrase is actually "shore up"? This is a common idiom that means "support" or "make stronger".[/nq]
Yet another idiom! I'm going to have to make myself familiar with the most common ones, I think.
Thank you for your post.
Yet another idiom! I'm going to have to make myself familiar with the most common ones, I think.
Thank you for your post.
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[nq:1]Hello Everyone, An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with: If someone does something to "sure up" something ... money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
The phrase is "shore up." It is a metaphoric extension of
(COD11)
shore2
· n. a prop or beam set obliquely against something weak or unstable as
The phrase is "shore up." It is a metaphoric extension of
(COD11)
shore2
· n. a prop or beam set obliquely against something weak or unstable as
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[nq:1]If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
I think the verb you're concerned with is "to shore", which means "to support".
[nq:1]Is this the same as saying "The fashion had gained a sure hold on everyone"?[/nq]
No. Here "sure" is
I think the verb you're concerned with is "to shore", which means "to support".
[nq:1]Is this the same as saying "The fashion had gained a sure hold on everyone"?[/nq]
No. Here "sure" is
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[nq:1]Hello Everyone, An easy one, but nonetheless one I need help with: If someone does something to "sure up" something ... money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
Sounds like a malapropism for "shore up", which means to prop up something that is in danger of falling.
Cf: "waisting time",. "loose the game" etc.
Sounds like a malapropism for "shore up", which means to prop up something that is in danger of falling.
Cf: "waisting time",. "loose the game" etc.
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[nq:1]If someone does something to "sure up" something else - for example, if someone invests money to "sure up" the share price of the company - does "sure up" in this context mean 'to increase'?[/nq]
I have seen it used only in very bad Dunglish,
Jan
I have seen it used only in very bad Dunglish,
Jan
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