HOLD THE FORT

Meaning of HOLD THE FORT in English

( BrE ) ( NAmE hold down the ˈfort )

( informal ) to have the responsibility for sth or care of sb while other people are away or out :

Why not have a day off? I'll hold the fort for you.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 — manage until we return, look after things The manager asked me to hold the fort while he was gone.
English Idioms vocabulary
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 || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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