to hold the fort
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留守を預かる, 責任者の不在中に切り盛りする
to assume full control or responsibility of something until the actual person in charge returns, particularly in business
Dialect
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慣用句
例
Can you hold the fort while I am at the conference?
私が会議に出ている間、留守を預かってくれる？
