sole support

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandsupport

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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support
noun
uk
/səˈpɔːt/us
/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofsoleandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole support

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Married men were not automatically exempted from service, but received a postponement only if they could prove that they were the 'solesupport' of their wife or children.
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I say that it should take its place with others and not be the main orsolesupport.
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It; is not numerous, and comprises men who are thesolesupportof a blind parent or parents—peculiarly hard cases.
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Prior to the war he was thesolesupportof his parents, and that case, too, has been refused.
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They were hersolesupport.
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She feels that she is being unfairly treated in any event because her son andsolesupporthas been taken away from her for a two-year period.
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He was thesolesupportof his poor old father, and this bread-winner of the family was suddenly taken away under these cruel and horrible circumstances.
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Hissolesupportin making that awful bargain at all fair or reasonable under the present system, while the iron law of wages endures, is his trade union.
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The union is our whole strength, oursolesupport.
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Nevertheless, neither is thesolesupportof the other.
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She was thesolesupportfor her household.
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Loeb was thesolesupportof a mentally disturbed son, and was burdened with money worries.
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Thesolesupportof his family at age 15, he was forced to leave school.
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