prop_up
prop_up.01 - support, hold upright
PROP_UP-V NOTES: I'm pretty sure this can only occur as 'prop up', although I have vagueintuitions of 'prop open'. That will be treated exactly the same way,though. (from prop.01-v)Aliases:
prop_up (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: helper, prop
ARG1-PPT: thing being held up
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
ARG1-PPT: thing being held up
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
just transitive
Carried even further , some investors assumed that since leveraged buy - outs are
the only thingARG0
proppingrel
uprel
stock pricesARG1
, the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done .ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2
Although the Bank of England 's tight monetary policy has fueled worries that Britain 's slowing economy is headed for a recession , it is widely believed that Mr. Lawson 's willingness to
proprel
uprel
the poundARG1
with interest - rate increasesARG2
helped stem pound selling in recent weeks .