to march for justice
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- phrasal verb
- /mɑrtʃ fɔr ˈdʒʌstɪs/
:
marchar por la justicia
- They can be wordless, as Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said after he marched for justice with Martin Luther King, "My feet were praying."
Examples
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The community organized a peaceful rally to march for justice after recent events highlighted systemic inequalities.
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Last Saturday, thousands gathered to march for justice in honor of victims of discrimination.
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Young activists mobilized to march for justice, hoping to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on vulnerable populations.
Synonyms
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Join a public protest to show strong opposition
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Speak or act to support fairness when it is threatened
To show publicly that you are against unfair treatment, often by joining a public march or speaking out
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to participate in a public demonstration to demand justice' is directly and transparently derived from 'march' (an organized public procession) + 'for' (indicating purpose) + 'justice' (fairness), so a learner who knows each constituent can infer the phrase. This compositional purpose-marking pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English constructions, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
March for justice comes from the simple image of people walking together, a march, in the streets holding signs asking for justice. Because it started as this public walk to demand fair treatment, today to march for justice means 'to take part in a protest asking for fairness and rights'.