to march
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3.3
- verb
- /mɑrtʃ/
:
obligar a marchar
- Colombo managed to convince a number of his followers to march outside FBI headquarters until 11 p.m. for several nights.
- troops marched
- soldiers marched
- an army marched
Examples
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We'll march into her palace and see for ourselves.
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The drill sergeant ordered the recruits to march in formation to the parade ground.
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After that, we will march into the heart of Canada and we will...
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On the third day in the morning, we had to march to a station.
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They're just waiting for somebody like you to march in there and give them the excuse to do it.
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During the day, they would march the cadets to and from classes and to lunch.
Academic text (2015) -
When they marched the guys who did it across the yard, everybody started cheering.
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We're marching them to LZ Bravo.
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- Crassus wants us to march on Rome? - He's forcing us to.
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Women had formed a procession and marched through several hamlets shouting demands: Men, stop drinking alcohol!
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
27
2.9
To march together in public to celebrate
12
7.2
To walk in a line during a ceremony
6
3.8
To move together in a group, often slowly and in an orderly way
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- UK
1
5.1
A marching pace faster than walking and slower than running at about 120 steps per minute
The time around March 20 when day and night are nearly equal and spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere
- Jargon
A piece of music that people play while they leave a formal ceremony like a wedding
How Forced
Surface Forms
Etymology
March meaning to force someone to walk comes from the military use of Old French marcher 'to walk', where leaders made soldiers move in a steady, controlled way. That's why to 'march' someone can mean making them go somewhere in an organised, often strict, line.