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📖 Определения и значения для слова uphold

📒 to support something that you think is right and make sure that it continues to exist

  • We have a duty to uphold the law.
  • The regime has been criticized for failing to uphold human rights.
  • We are determined to uphold the law.

📒 to agree that a previous decision was correct or that a request is reasonable

  • to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint
  • Three judges unanimously upheld the sentence.
  • The Press Council refused to uphold the complaint.
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