Idiom
man the fort
Meaning
To take care of a place or situation in another's absence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Can you man the fort while I go get lunch?”
“My boss asked me to man the fort at the office while the rest of the team attends the conference.”
“With the manager away on an urgent business trip, he entrusted his most reliable assistant to man the fort and oversee the daily operations until his return.”
Examples
simple
“Can you man the fort while I go get lunch?”
contextual
“My boss asked me to man the fort at the office while the rest of the team attends the conference.”
complex
“With the manager away on an urgent business trip, he entrusted his most reliable assistant to man the fort and oversee the daily operations until his return.”
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