- 1[intransitive] to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier (+ adv./prep.) Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings. + noun They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
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- 2[intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way She marched over to me and demanded an apology.
- 3[transitive] march somebody + adv./prep. to force someone to walk somewhere with you The guards marched the prisoner away. She was marched out the door and into a waiting car.
- 4[intransitive] to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about or support something synonym demonstrate Idioms
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NAmE//mɑrtʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they march he / she / it marches
past simple marched
-ing form marching
to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.
to order someone to leave a place, their job, etc.
to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer. Phrasal Verbsmarch onmarch on
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