march
- march
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verb
1 (I) to walk quickly and with firm, regular steps like a soldier: Wellington's army marched until nightfall.
(+ across/along/through): They had to march across the desert. | march 20km/40 miles etc: We marched km across the foothills.
2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk somewhere quickly and with determination, often because you are angry
(+ down/off etc): Brett marched out of the office, slamming the door behind him.
3 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk somewhere slowly and in a large group to protest about something: Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to march on the Council offices.
4 (transitive always + adv/prep) to force someone to walk somewhere with you, often pushing or pulling them roughly: march sb to/along/into etc: Mr Carter marched us to the principal's office.
5 be given/get your marching orders BrE informal to be ordered to leave a particular place
— marcher noun (C)
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noun (C)
1 the act of walking with firm regular steps like a soldier: The soldiers did a march around the parade ground.
2 an organized event in which many people walk together to protest about something: a massive Civil Rights march in Washington | go on a march: I went on a lot of peace marches when I was a student.
3 a piece of music with a regular beat for soldiers to march to
4 a day's march/two weeks' march etc the amount of time it takes to march somewhere: Lake Van was still three days' march away.
5 marches (plural) the area around the border of England and Wales or of England and Scotland
6 on the march
a) an army that is on the march is marching somewhere
b) a belief, idea etc that is on the march is becoming stronger and more popular: Fascism is on the march again in some parts of Europe.
7 the march of time/history/events etc formal the progress of time and of things happening that cannot be stopped
—see also: steal a march on steal 1 (8)
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