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If you u_____ something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.Our policy has been to uphold the law.It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles....upholding the artist's right to creative freedom. verbIf you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.Our policy has been to uphold the law.It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles....upholding the artist's right to creative freedom.If a court of law upholds a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision. C1

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uphold upholdsupholdingupheld

query	If you u_____ something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it. Our policy has been to uphold the law. It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles. ...upholding the artist's right to creative freedom.
word	uphold
full-definition	verb If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it. Our policy has been to uphold the law. It is the responsibility of every government to uphold certain basic principles. ...upholding the artist's right to creative freedom. If a court of law upholds a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision. The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision.
inflections	upholdsupholdingupheld
cefr-level	C1

Uphold Law Principle Decision Support Maintain Policy Responsibility