HOLD THE FORT

Meaning of HOLD THE FORT in English

manage until we return, look after things

The manager asked me to hold the fort while he was gone.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HOLD THE FORT — phrasal to maintain a firm position, to take care of usual affairs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOLD THE FORT — phrasal 1. : to maintain a firm position usually against opposition found himself holding the fort against a solid block …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLD THE FORT — manage affairs until the one in authority returns; protect oneself; protect a place, defend a location (home, military base, fortress, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOLD THE FORT — 1. : to maintain a firm position 2. : to take care of usual affairs is holding the fort until …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLD THE FORT — 1 : to maintain a firm position 2 : to take care of usual affairs <is holding the fort until …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOLD THE FORT — take responsibility for something temporarily. → hold
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOLD THE FORT — ( BrE ) ( NAmE hold down the ˈfort ) ( informal ) to have the responsibility for sth or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD THE FORT — see fort
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD THE FORT — see fort
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOLD THE FORT — {v. phr.} 1. To defend a fort successfully; fight off attackers. * /The little group held the fort for days …
Slang English vocab
HOLD THE FORT — {v. phr.} 1. To defend a fort successfully; fight off attackers. * /The little group held the fort for days …
Словарь английских идиом
HOLD THE FORT — cope in an emergency, act as a temporary substitute He has been holding the fort at his company while his …
English Idioms vocab
HOLD THE FORT — v. phr. 1. To defend a fort successfully; fight off attackers. The little group held the fort for days until …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HOLD THE FORT — expr infml When the mother went into hospital, her eldest daughter had to hold the fort — Когда мать положили в …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HOLD THE FORT — expr infml When the mother went into hospital, her eldest daughter had to hold the fort — Когда мать положили …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HOLD THE FORT — hold the fort expr infml When the mother went into hospital, her eldest daughter had to hold the fort Когда …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
HOLD THE FORT — When the mother went into hospital, her eldest daughter had to hold the fort — Когда мать положили в больницу, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
FORT — forteresse
English interlingue dictionary
FORT — kota
English-Visayan vocabulary
FORT — noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French ~, from ~, adjective, strong, from Latin ~is Date: 15th century a strong …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FORT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Fort Knox Fort Lauderdale Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort McHenry Fort Stanwix Treaties of …
Английский словарь Британика
HOLD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORT — I. ˈfō(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English forte, from Middle French fort, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORT — (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, …
Английский словарь Webster
HOLD — hold 1 — holdable , adj. /hohld/ , v. , held; held or ( Archaic ) holden; holding; n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORT — /fawrt, fohrt/ , n. 1. a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORT — n. part of the names of several cities in the USA (i.e. Fort Worth)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOLD — I. ˈhōld verb ( held ˈheld ; hold·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORT — noun Etymology: Middle English forte, from Anglo-French fort, from fort, adjective, strong, from Latin fortis Date: 15th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLD — noun binding power and influence. 2. hold ·noun the authority or ground to take or keep; claim. 3. hold ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HOLD — [hold] vb held ; hold.ing [ME, fr. OE healdan; akin to OHG haltan to hold, and perh. to L celer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORT — [fort] n [ME forte, fr. MF fort, fr. fort, adj., strong, fr. L fortis] (15c) 1: a strong or fortified …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORT — fort, Fort BrE AmE fɔːt AmE fɔːrt foʊrt ▷ forts fɔːts AmE fɔːrts foʊrts ▶ ₍ˌ₎ Fort ˈ Knox BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLD — / həʊld; NAmE hoʊld/ verb , noun ■ verb ( held , held / held; NAmE /) IN HAND / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORT — / fɔːt; NAmE fɔːrt/ noun 1. a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — I. hold 1 S1 W1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle held /held/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORT — fort /fɔːt $ fɔːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin fortis 'strong' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLD — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORT — n. 1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. [F fort or It. forte f. L …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLD — v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORT — n. 1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. [ F fort or It. forte f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLD — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1. tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands …
Oxford English vocab
FORT — n.1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. Etymology: F fort or It. forte f. L …
Oxford English vocab
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING /hoʊld/ ( holds, holding, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORT — ( forts) 1. A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING (~s, ~ing, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOLD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bag holds sth ▪ I don't think that bag will hold all those …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ He passes through it every time he rides to the old earth …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORT — [noun] [C] - a military building consisting of an area enclosed by a strong wall, in which soldiers live and …
Cambridge English vocab
FORT — n. Fort Lamy Fort Knox Fort Lauderdale Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort McHenry Fort Stanwix Treaties of Fort Sumter National …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FORT — See: HOLD THE FORT.
Slang English vocab
FORT — n. Function: noun a structure or place offering resistance to a hostile force FF1C; settlers fled to the fort FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FORT — noun a structure or place offering resistance to a hostile force settlers fled to the fort Synonyms: citadel, fastness, fortress, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FORT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hill ▪ border ( esp. AmE ) ▪ Iron Age , Roman , Saxon , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOLD — INDEX: 1. to have something in your hand 2. to hold something tightly 3. to start holding something 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOLD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD — v. 1 grasp, grip, clasp, seize, clutch, keep; carry, Colloq hang on to She asked me to hold the baby …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FORT — See: HOLD THE FORT.
Словарь английских идиом
HOLD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORT — сущ. форт, крепость a strong fort ≈ сильный форт a fort falls ≈ крепость сдается a fort holds out ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD — hold.ogg _I həʋld n мор. трюм after forward, main hold - кормовой носовой, главный трюм hold cargo - трюмный груз …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORT — fort.ogg fɔ:t n 1. воен. 1> укреплённый узел 2> ист. форт 2. амер. ист. фактория 3. геол. возвышенность to hold …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOLD — 1) крепёжная деталь; захват; закреп || крепить, закреплять 2) держать(ся); удерживать(ся); задерживать(ся) 3) опирать(ся); поддерживать 4) вмещать 5) выдержка || …
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