HOLD THE FORT

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hold the Fort Immortalised as a phrase from its use by General Sherman, who signalled it to General Corse from the top of Kenesaw in 1864. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Usage: HOLD THE FORT

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein)
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Photo Album: HOLD THE FORT

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	Hold the fort!. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HOLD THE FORT

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Modern Translation: HOLD THE FORT

Language		Translations for "HOLD THE FORT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		udržet pevnost. (various references)

German		die stellung halten (to hold the fort). (various references)

Hungarian		tovább viszi az ügyeket (to hold the fort), tartja az erődöt (to hold the fort), tartja a várat (to hold the fort), tartja a frontot (to hold the fort), szilárdan ellenáll (to hold the fort). (various references)

Pig Latin		oldhay ethay ortfay

Turkish		yokluğunda işi yürütmek, yerine bakmak (act for smb., replace, sit in for). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HOLD THE FORT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-f-h-h-l-o-o-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: foretold.
	-4 letters: dottrel, flooder, floored, footled, footler, frothed, reflood, rootlet, telford, toehold, toothed, tootled, tootler, trothed.
	-5 letters: dehort, dottel, dotter, dottle, floret, foetor, folder, fooled, footed, footer, footle, foredo, holder, hoofed, hoofer, hooted, hooter, hotrod, hotted, hotter, lofted, lofter, looted, looter, lotted, refold, retold, retool, rolfed, roofed, rooted, rotted, tholed, toledo, tooled, tooler.
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