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uphold

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1 to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections

determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges

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2 to hold up or serve as a foundation for

an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns

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3 to move from a lower to a higher place or position

worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord

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rear,
upend

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drop,
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support, uphold, advocate, back, champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading. advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause. championed the rights of children