Holdin' the fort down
noun, phrase, slangHip-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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