to hold the fort
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to assume full control or responsibility of something until the actual person in charge returns, particularly in business
Dialect
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Idiom
Exempel
She is holding the fort until the new manager arrives.
to assume full control or responsibility of something until the actual person in charge returns, particularly in business
Idiom
