shore up

shore up  {v.}
To add support to (something) where weakness is shown; make (something) stronger where support is needed; support.
When the flood waters weakened the bridge, it was shored up with steel beams and sandbags until it could be rebuilt.
The coach sent in a substitute guard to shore up the line when Fitchburg began to break through.
Categories: verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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