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uphold

verb

/ʌpˈhoʊld/

Meaning

to maintain or support a principle, law, or decision

The judge promised to uphold justice at all costs.

uphold the law

support, maintain, defend, sustain, endorse

reject, overturn

uphold justice, uphold the law, uphold a decision, uphold rights

to read something carefully and thoroughly; sometimes used to mean to browse casually

to tie together; to make a legal agreement; to put a cover on a book

To provide or serve as clear evidence of; to confirm or certify the truth of something.

to begin to be; to develop into

to greet someone in a friendly way

to make a picture with a pen or pencil; to pull something