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March Marched Walk Marching Regular Marchers Verb Soldiers

word march
definition
verb
When soldiers march somewhere, or when a commanding officer marches them somewhere, they walk there with very regular steps, as a group.
A Scottish battalion was marching down the street.
Captain Ramirez called them to attention and marched them off to the main camp.
We marched fifteen miles to Yadkin River.
The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men.
After a short march, the column entered the village.
When a large group of people march for a cause, they walk somewhere together in order to express their ideas or to protest about something.
The demonstrators then marched through the capital chanting slogans and demanding free elections.
Hundreds of activists marked the holy day by marching for peace and disarmament.
Organisers expect up to 300,000 protesters to join the march.
Fights between police and marchers lasted for three hours.
If you say that someone marches somewhere, you mean that they walk there quickly and in a determined way, for example because they are angry .
He marched into the kitchen without knocking.
If you march someone somewhere, you force them to walk there with you, for example by holding their arm tightly.
Nearly 700 prisoners were marched away.
I marched him across the room, down the hall and out onto the doorstep.
noun
The march of something is its steady development or progress .
It is easy to feel trampled by the relentless march of technology.
Society's march toward ever-increasing materialism was continuing.
A march is a piece of music with a regular rhythm that you can march to.
A military band played Russian marches and folk tunes.
inflections marchesmarchingmarchedmarchermarchers
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