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pitää pystyssä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • uphold verb To support or maintain something, such as a law, principle, or standard.

Senses

pitää pystyssä is used for these senses in English:

  • hold the fort To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence.
  • uphold To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling

uphold — full definition

  1. verb To support or maintain something, such as a law, principle, or standard.
  2. verb To physically hold something up or keep it from falling.

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