"man the fort" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "mans the fort",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manning the fort",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manned the fort",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manned the fort",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Richard Price, Sally Price, Enigma variations, page 44",
          "text": "He excused himself from his nephew, ran a comb through his hair, buttoned up a clean shirt, and told his eight-year-old son to man the fort while he was gone.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To take care of a place or situation in another's absence."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To take care of a place or situation in another's absence."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "man the fort"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mans the fort",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manning the fort",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manned the fort",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manned the fort",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take care of a place or situation in another's absence."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To take care of a place or situation in another's absence."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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