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单词 hold the fort
释义
hold the fort

to take charge of something for somebody or deputize temporarily

to cope with problems for somebody, or look after their work, while they are temporarily absent

[with allusion to a signal sent by General Sherman during the American Civil War urging General Corse to hold the fort at Allatoona Pass until reinforcements arrived; the message, misquoted as hold the fort, for I am coming, was later incorporated in a popular gospel song]
Main Entry: fort

hold the fort

see fort

Main Entry: hold
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