Collocations for "fort"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fort" in context.
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fort
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- stationed at a military fort
- man a military fort
- [take, destroy, invade] a military fort
- the fort that guards the [city, town, gold]
- the [kids, children] built a [snow, pillow] fort
- used to love to build forts (as a kid)
- the fort fell [over, down]
- the fort collapsed
- idiom: hold (down) the fort until we [get there, arrive]
- idiom: hold (down) the fort until further [notice, instructions]
- idiom: will be holding down the fort while (the family's away)
'fort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):