Associations to the word «Underpin»

Wiktionary

UNDERPIN, verb. (transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.
UNDERPIN, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.

Dictionary definition

UNDERPIN, verb. Support from beneath.
UNDERPIN, verb. Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence".

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle