to prop someone up

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to prop someone up

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Consider the following sentence


"I felt lightheaded and fell on the ground, but Laura and Roy propped me up."


Does 'propped me up' sound natural here?


Or would you expressed this idea in a different way?


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Re: to prop someone up

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Yes, correct and natural.
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