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What does prop up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word prop up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To support with, or as if with, a prop.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To be at the bottom of (a league)
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It is reckoned that emigrants sent home the equivalent of 2 billion which helped to prop up our ailing economy.
And is it really the business of government to prop up the ancient memorials of a bygone era?
Steve and his girlfriend Amy busied themselves with a cheesecake to prop up the just-picked blackberries and raspberries from the garden.
More recently we have relied on consumer spending to prop up the economy during the bust.
If you can't reach the floor, use a pillow or bolster to prop up your feet.
This cash is given to farmers across the EU to help prop up their businesses through massive subsidies.

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