Put
Put verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Uphold
Uphold verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's not a translation of the theme song, to put it simply.Today we'll uphold traffic laws!
Source: Western Animation / Teen Titans -
Put that law where you can't be robbed into a mission where you must uphold the law or you lose the entire mission.
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This proves Javert's entire mindset wrong, and throws him into a tailspin: he can arrest Valjean and uphold the law, or let him go and repay the life-debt, mutually exclusive actions that would put him at odds either with his vocation or with God.
Source: Redemption Equals Death
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