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When someone speaks of holding down the fort, it basically means keeping an eye on things temporarily while the person in charge is away. Subscribe to receive a weekly newsletter about the newest books. Holding onto hope chapter 1, a when calls the heart fanfic. Mar 16, 2009 from facts on file dictionary of cliches, second edition, edited by christine ammer, checkmark books, new york, 2006. They who hold down the fort someone has got to do it, but we all deserve our own achievements and to feel good.
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It was an early product of the writing team of laurence marks and maurice gran. If you hold the fort for someone, or, in american english, if you hold down the fort. This offseason has been one for the books in so many ways im thankful and im soaking up these last few days with matthew. Holding the fort definition of holding the fort by the free. Hold down the fort meaning in the cambridge english.