UPHOLD


Meaning of UPHOLD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌphoʊld ]

( upholds, upholding, upheld)

1.

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...

...upholding the artist’s right to creative freedom.

VERB : V n , V n

2.

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.

VERB : V n

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