Learn the English Phrases TO HOLD DOWN THE FORT and TO HOLD OFF

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO HOLD DOWN THE FORT and TO HOLD OFFIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "to hold down the fort." Now a fort is like an old building, like in history when you study when they first settled in Canada, they built forts, these big places where they could stay safely. But nowadays, when we say "to hold down the fort," we mean the person who stays behind when someone else goes somewhere or when o...