Promote and Uphold

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Promote

Promote verb - To help the growth or development of.

Usage example: a campaign promoting good dental hygiene

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Uphold is a synonym for promote in help topic. In some cases you can use "Uphold" instead a verb "Promote", when it comes to topics like advance, defend.

Nearby Words: promotion, promoter, promoting, promo, promotional

Uphold

Uphold verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

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Promote is a synonym for uphold in advance topic. You can use "Promote" instead a verb "Uphold", if it concerns topics such as defend, maintain.

Nearby Words: upholder, upholding

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people	promote people	uphold people
image	promote image	uphold image
peace	promote peace	uphold peace
way	promote way	uphold way
Other words: cause, version, values, ideas, virtues.

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Strangely, America's chief badass Audie Murphy gets little recognition in these sorts of contests, likely because he had nothing to promote, and felt no moral obligation to uphold his achievements like Lindburgh, preferring to fade away once the requisite movie was over and done with.

Source: Memetic Badass / Real Life

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