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noun
Idiom1.
a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
2.
any permanent army post.
3.
(formerly) a trading post.
4.
hold the fort,
a.
to defend one's position against attack or criticism.
b.
to maintain the existing state of affairs.
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Example Sentences
- And there are other sites to look at near the fort and throughout the townsite.
- We get satisfied investors with protection concepts fort hem and with adequate insurance solutions of our partners.
- It is a play fort built among the trees, so let's split the difference and call it a tree fort.
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fort.
2.
fortified.
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Word Origin & History
fort
1557, from M.Fr. fort, noun use of O.Fr. fort (adj.) "strong, fortified," from L. fortis "strong," from O.Latin forctus, from PIE base *bheregh- "high, elevated" (cf. Skt. brmhati "strengthens, elevates," O.H.G. berg "hill").
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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