hold the fort

“If we don’t hold the fort down, there will be nothing to come back to,” Hearring said.

"And is that possible for next week? I genuinely do not know. My job was to come in and hold the fort, and the minute that someone is appointed, I will step aside."

Feyereisen to hold the fort in the 10th, and he can’t in loss to Miami.

There’s been a lot of reaction to Episode 2, where we see Tommy hold the fort and Joel die.

Huge jets with their massive loads of retardant can only fly in daylight, Karpus said, so for a long, agonizing stretch Friday night, as the fire chewed its way over Mandeville Canyon, threatening Encino and Brentwood, a squadron of eight helicopters worked in a desperate effort to hold the fort until the cavalry could arrive at dawn.