uphold the decision

phrase

of a court

: to agree with a decision made earlier by a lower court

The appeals court upheld the decision made by the trial court.

Examples of uphold the decision in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He is expected to appear in court again tomorrow, where a judge will decide whether to uphold the decision to deny him bond. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026

The more than 12,700 messengers, or church representatives, voted by ballot on whether to uphold the decision by the denomination's Executive Committee in February to deem the two churches not in friendly cooperation. — Peter Smith, ajc, 13 June 2023

The company’s attorney, Lawrence Walker, on Tuesday attempted to overturn the decision but the Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously voted to uphold the decision. — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2022

The court also will uphold the decision to block an investigation into a family that is suing the DFPS and Governor Greg Abbott over the directive. — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 May 2022

There, 71% of respondents wanted the court to uphold the decision, while 26% did not and 3% didn’t know. — Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2022

And this month, a poll by the Washington Post and ABC News showed 62 of respondents said the Supreme Court should uphold the decision, while 24 percent say it should be overturned and 14 percent have no opinion. — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020

Rhymes for uphold the decision

• abscission
• collision
• derision
• division
• elision
• envision
• excision
• incision
• misprision
• precision
• prevision
• provision