Holdin' the fort down

noun, phrase, slang

Hip-hop slang · Rap Dictionary

Definition

1. To be taking care of and watching over your home or area while someone is gone. 2. To be representing where you?re from.

Examples

1

I'm always gonna be holding the fort down.

2

Me and my homies, we always holdin' the fort down Come up in our town and your pissin' a fourth now" - Sen Dog, It Ain?t Nothin?.

3

Totin the four-pound, holdin' the fort down Before Heavy D bounced till Uptown became a ghost town" - Canibus, Shout Out to Lost Boyz.

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