hold the fort
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hold the fort — idiom
1. to take care of a place, a job, or a group of people while the person who is usu
1.idiom
Definition
to take care of a place, a job, or a group of people while the person who is usually responsible is away.
Example
Maeve asked her assistant to hold the fort while she was at the conference.
Tanvi held the fort at the office while her boss attended a two-day training course.