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upholding

v.
C1 Advanced US //əpˈhoʊɫdɪŋ// UK //ʌphˈəʊldɪŋ// up·hold·ing

v. to support or defend a law, a decision, or a principle so that it stays in place. You use this when a higher authority agrees that a previous choice was correct.

v. to maintain, support, or confirm a previous decision or law, especially against a challenge. Transitive; frequently used in legal contexts where a higher court affirms the ruling of a lower court.


SIMPLE

The judge decided to uphold the original sentence.

CONTEXTUAL

After reviewing the evidence, the committee voted to uphold the ban on single-use plastics in the city.

COMPLEX

The supreme court eventually chose to uphold the lower court's ruling, effectively cementing the legal precedent for future civil rights cases across the country.

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The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, such as a law, decision, or tradition.

Pitfall

The court upheld to the decision.The court upheld the decision.Uphold is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its object.

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