n.
1.a war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders
2.a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
Idiom of the Day
hold the fort
to cope in an emergency, to act as a temporary substitute
The assistant has been holding the fort at his company while his boss is on vacation.