hold the fort

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hold the fort

Fig. to take care of a place while someone who is usually there is gone, such as a store or one's home. (From western movies.) I'm going next door to visit Mrs. Jones. You stay here and hold the fort. You should open the store at eight o'clock and hold the fort until I get there at ten.

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You will hand me what I want and hold the fort in case of accidents, and generally lend me the moral support you've made me require. The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context He immediately sent a copy of Bell's patent to every agent, with orders to hold the fort against all opposition. The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context			Hold it! hold liquor hold mouth the right way hold no brief for hold nose hold of hold off hold off doing hold on hold on for dear life Hold on! hold oneself together hold onto hold out hold out an olive branch hold out on hold out the olive branch hold over hold own hold peace hold promise hold still hold still for hold sway hold terror for hold the fort hold the key hold the line Hold the phone hold the purse strings hold tight hold to hold to ransom hold together hold tongue hold true hold up hold up as an example hold up to hold up to ridicule hold up to scorn hold water hold with Hold your horses! Hold your tongue! holding hole hole in one hole in the wall hole up hole-and-corner			hold someone back hold someone or something in check hold someone or something still hold someone responsible hold someone under someone's thumb hold something in store hold something inside Hold Space Pressure Control hold spellbound hold still hold still for hold still for hold sway hold sway hold sway hold sway hold sway hold sway hold sway over hold temper hold terror for Hold That Tiger hold the advantage hold the attention hold the bag hold the bag hold the bag hold the bag hold the bag hold the chair hold the fort hold the interest of hold the key hold the line hold the line hold the line hold the line hold the line hold the line Hold the Line (Toto song) Hold the Market hold the opinion hold the phone hold the phone hold the phone hold the phone hold the phone hold the phone hold the phone hold the purse strings hold the reins hold the whip hand Hold the wire hold tight hold tight hold tight Hold time hold to hold to hold to hold to

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