My boss thanked me for "holding the fort together", what does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Another employee is absent so I've been doing 2 people's work for the past month. They both thanked me today.

[abc3643]

That's basically what the phrase means:

There was some type of crisis or absence and you stepped up to do the extra work that needed to be done so problems wouldn't arise such as lateness or incompleteness.

[mattissebfan5]

Making sure everything went smoothly and kept things in good way basically good job

[Jessica405]

He is thanking you for your efforts in keeping the work flow going. It is a compliment.

[SpaceGalaxy]

He is simply thanking you no worries, when men thank women it doesn't mean they wanna fuck them

[Asker]

I didn't mean it like that. I just wanted to know what the saying meant