"uphold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

uphold verbo

uphold + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 37
uphold one's decision • uphold one's ruling • uphold standards • uphold the conviction • uphold the law • uphold values • ...
(3) standard, norm
Kolokacji: 2
(4) value, tradition, democracy
Kolokacji: 3
(5) provision, Roe
Kolokacji: 2
(6) authority, slavery, sanction
Kolokacji: 3
1. uphold one's authority = utrzymywać w mocy czyjś władza uphold one's authority
  • Voting 5 to 4, the court upheld the federal regulators' authority to set stricter conditions.
  • And in his ruling, Feerick upheld the league's authority to discipline its players severely.
  • The Commission has filed several such actions, and the courts have repeatedly upheld our authority to do so.
  • The Court's 1978 decision, upholding the commission's authority, was a watershed for the preservation movement.
  • The Parliament thought those strong words, and saw the necessity of upholding their authority.
  • Chenosh would need all the help he could get to uphold his authority.
  • At the same time he upheld the Federal government's authority although he differed with its methods.
  • The decision did not cast doubt on the Court's precedents upholding local governments' general zoning authority.
  • We want to live in a society that supports our values and upholds our authority.
  • Last week, the court upheld the agency's authority to set new national standards for smog and soot.
2. uphold slavery = utrzymaj w mocy niewolnictwo uphold slavery
3. uphold sanctions = utrzymaj w mocy aprobaty uphold sanctions
(7) freedom, liberty
Kolokacji: 2
uphold + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
uphold by • uphold on • uphold in • uphold for • uphold to • ...
uphold + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 11
unanimously uphold • later upheld • generally upheld • consistently upheld • eventually upheld • ...

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