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to march into battle

to march into battle

1 6.7
Walk together in an organized way toward a fight, showing determination
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : marchar a la batalla
  • When the wind blows, our ancestors push us to march into battle against those who enslave us!

Examples

  • Soldiers sing as they march into battle.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

  • We go marching into battle

    Beauty and the Beast (1991)

  • But Logan and Max, with a song in their hearts, are gonna march into battle to keep that from happening.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • No warrior should ever march into battle afraid.

    Blog text (15)

  • The soldiers confidently march into battle, prepared to face whatever awaits them.

  • With their banners waving, the troops will march into battle at dawn to defend their homeland.

  • Inspired by courage, they will march into battle together, united in their cause.

Antonyms

to flee
331 2.4

To run away from a place because it is dangerous

retreat
93 4.4

A move back from a place to escape danger

How Aggressive

to storm
102 5.7
charge
65 4.8
to rush
548 1.0
to march into battle
1 6.7
to advance
417 3.4

Surface Forms

march into battle infinitive
marched into battle past
marched into battle past participle
marching into battle present participle
marches into battle third person singular

Morphology

march + into + battle

The meaning 'to move in an organized, deliberate way toward a combat situation' is directly derivable from combining 'march' (walk in organized formation) with 'into' (movement toward/into) and 'battle' (combat). This compositional, motion‑into‑location pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows standard English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.

Etymology

March into battle comes from the simple image of soldiers walking in step toward the fight, with march showing steady forward movement and battle the place of fighting. So today it means 'to move into a difficult or risky situation with determination'.