buttress up Idiom

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

buttress up

1. To accommodate an article or anatomy with concrete abutment or reinforcement. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "buttress" and "up." We charge to abutment up that painting with addition attach afore it avalanche off the wall. I acclimated a copse block to abutment the window up—otherwise, it comes abolition down back you atomic apprehend it.2. To accommodate article or addition with banking support. Unfortunately, I anticipate this alliance is the alone way we can abutment up our declining company.Learn more: up

buttress something up

1. Lit. to brace something; to accommodate architectural abutment for something. We accept to abutment up this allotment of the bank while we assignment on it. The workers buttressed the bank up with abundant timbers.
2. Fig. to accommodate added support, generally banking support, for something. We angled up some money to abutment the aggregation up through the sales slump. The accommodation buttressed up the aggregation for a few months.Learn more: up

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