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hold the fort. in English. hold the fort. idiom. Add to word list. Add to word list. to have responsibility for something while someone else is absent: I’m leaving my husband to hold the fort while I’m away.
Hace 3 días · to hold the fort. phrase. If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else. His business partner is holding the fort while he is away. [Also + for]
to have responsibility for something while someone is absent: I'll be out of the office for a few hours - will you hold the fort until I get back? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Replacing and exchanging. alternate. alternatively. bargain something away. behalf. change over. compensation. lieu. make up for something. name. novate.
mainly BRITISH or. hold down the fort. AMERICAN. If you hold the fort for someone, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else. Her husband holds the fort at their Norfolk home during the week. You can hold down the fort here. I shouldn't be too long. See also: fort, hold.
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. See also: fort, hold.
hold the fort, also US: hold down the fort v expr: figurative (be in charge temporarily) ocuparse⇒ v prnl : hacerse cargo loc verb (figurado, coloquial) quedarse al mando del fuerte, quedarse al mando del barco expr : cuidar el puesto loc verb : I'll hold the fort while you go on your coffee break. Yo me ocupo mientras te tomas tu recreo.
hold the fort. idiom. to have responsibility for something while someone else is absent: I’m leaving my husband to hold the fort while I’m away. ¿Quieres aprender más? Amplía tu vocabulario con English Vocabulary in Use de Cambridge. Aprende las palabras que necesitas para comunicarte con confianza.
