Marched Order Walk Marching March Verb Mɑːtʃ Mɑːrtʃ

• quick march! (= the order to start marching)
• soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
• they marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
• she marched over to me and demanded an apology.

march

Verb Forms

1. to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier
• Quick march! (= the order to start marching)
• Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
• They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
2. to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way
• She marched over to me and demanded an apology.

Extra Examples

• Craig marched up to the door and rang the bell.
• So saying, she marched boldly out of the house.
• Ann marched straight past me and up the stairs.
• He marched off, muttering something.
• They marched proudly onto the football field.
3. to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about something
• SYNONYM demonstrate
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• They were marching for peace.
• We marched peacefully through the streets.
• Hundreds of people marched in support of the teachers' pay claim.

Extra Examples

• Millions of people marched against the war.
4. to force somebody to walk somewhere with you
• The guards marched the prisoner away.
• She was marched out of the door and into a waiting car.
5. to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.
6. to order somebody to leave a place, their job, etc.
7. to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
• She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.