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The phrase 'propped against' is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to support something with something else to keep it upright. For example, you could say, "She propped her bike against the wall and went inside."
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She sat propped against pillows.
A surfboard was propped against a wall.
He lies propped against the lone cottonwood.
Stacks of paintings were propped against a wall.
Now he is asleep, propped against a tree.
There are dead bodies propped against walls, slick with viscera.
Ikea's newly launched bicycles are propped against lampposts.
A poster of Nelson Mandela was propped against the window.
At this point, the slabs are propped against a wall, notes and lines chalked on them.
Blotte wore a cable-stitch sweater, makeup, and was propped against wall-to-wall bookcase.
A faded photograph of a young man, his features blurred, is propped against one tombstone.
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