fort up

1. 1.

   gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

   Synonymsfort

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Questions about fort up

What does fort up mean?

fort up means "gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense".

What is another word for fort up?

Close synonyms include fort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fort up a common word?

fort up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.