uphold
verb (used with object)
to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism.
am upholding
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present progressiveof uphold (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There is a Roy Moore joke to be made here, but I will NOT make it because I am upholding decorum and deportment!
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2018
"The tradition that I am upholding is the tradition of the continuance of music," he says.
From Time Magazine Archive
Don't fancy from this that I am upholding the Austrian rule in Italy.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
