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noun
Idioms 1.
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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fort.
2.
fortified.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a fortified enclosure, building, or position able to be defended against an enemy |
| 2. | informal hold the fort to maintain or guard something temporarily |
| [C15: from Old French, from fort (adj) strong, from Latin fortis] | |
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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.
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Example sentences
Max knew that a bunk bed was the perfect structure to use when building an indoor fort.
Two more unsuspecting adults infected with the joy of crawling through a cardboard fort with a band of life-size puppets.
We get satisfied investors with protection concepts fort hem and with adequate insurance solutions of our partners.
If any of them were alive today, they would not be happy to see that fighting over everything has started inside the fort.
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