"hold down the fort" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: holds down the fort [present, singular, third-person], holding down the fort [participle, present], held down the fort [participle, past], held down the fort [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> down the fort}} hold down the fort (third-person singular simple present holds down the fort, present participle holding down the fort, simple past and past participle held down the fort)
  1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of hold the fort Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hold the fort
    Sense id: en-hold_down_the_fort-en-verb-XWVxCLUM Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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