bolster up

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Verb

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bolster up (third-person singular simple present bolsters up, present participle bolstering up, simple past and past participle bolstered up)

  1. (transitive, usually figurative) To bolster (something); to provide support to (something).
    This ought to bolster up the case for intervention in the conflict.