hold the fort

hold the fort
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.

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You should open the store at eight o'clock and hold the fort until I get there at ten.

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{v. phr.} 1. To defend a fort successfully; fight off attackers. * /The little group held the fort for days until help came./ 2. {informal} To keep a position against opposing forces. * /Friends of civil liberties held the fort during a long debate./ 3. {informal} to keep service or operations going * /It was Christmas Eve, and a few workers held the fort in the office./ * /Mother and Father went out and told the children to hold the fort./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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