bolster up

The two of you will bolster up one another's confidence.

They were waiting for him to bolster up their hopes.

His head was bolstered up, and so he could look straight into her face.

He had to bolster up his wife's spirits every now and then.

It was natural that they occasionally needed bolstering up a little.

Without her impressive statistics to bolster up the average, the group would have looked much worse.

There would be more by now, for sure, with locals coming in to bolster up the ranks.

Your heart is not in want of bolstering up with false cheer.

Like a kid will do, you know, to bolster up himself."

I thought you'd be amused, me telling lies to bolster up morale.

I wanted you to have a chance to get yourself on solid ground, get your heart bolstered up first.

"We have bolstered up our staffing of sales associates and managers."

Caroline Crale's daughter must not bolster up her life with a lie.

"So this is one of his tricks to bolster up his new bank!

You did it to bolster up your own good opinion of yourself-so much more important than anyone else's!"

With a gun in his hand and everybody doing what they were told, he could still have bolstered up his self-esteem.

She spoke with a firm conviction which bolstered up Meg's dubious second thoughts.

The merry bowl Again shall bolster up my soul Against itself.

An order will not be made to secure evidence which merely serves to 'bolster up' other evidence.

As these hopes bolstered up my sanity I began to mount the incline to the higher level.

More so, however, I knew somehow that my friend was bolstering up his own natural fear of loss and dread of death.

I was bolstered up, and felt filled with a new determination to continue with my explorations.

Treat with the one and bolster up t'other: these two'll cut each, other's throats i' the end.

He was seventy and continually engaged in frenetic schemes to bolster up his old age.

The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits.