march
verb/mɑːtʃ/
/mɑːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they march | /mɑːtʃ/ /mɑːrtʃ/ |
| he / she / it marches | /ˈmɑːtʃɪz/ /ˈmɑːrtʃɪz/ |
| past simple marched | /mɑːtʃt/ /mɑːrtʃt/ |
| past participle marched | /mɑːtʃt/ /mɑːrtʃt/ |
| -ing form marching | /ˈmɑːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier
- Quick march! (= the order to start marching)
- + adv./prep. Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
- + noun They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- swiftly
- boldly
- …
- on
- out of
- through
- …
- march in step
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way
- She marched over to me and demanded an apology.
Extra Examples- Craig marched up to the door and rang the bell.
- So saying, she marched boldly out of the house.
- He marched off, muttering something.
- Ann marched straight past me and up the stairs.
- They marched proudly onto the football field.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- swiftly
- boldly
- …
- on
- out of
- through
- …
- march in step
- [intransitive] to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about something
- Millions of people marched against the war.
- They were marching for peace.
- We marched peacefully through the streets.
- Hundreds of people marched in support of the teachers' pay claim.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- peacefully
- triumphantly
- against
- for
- in support of
- …
- [transitive] march somebody + adv./prep. to force somebody to walk somewhere with you
- The guards marched the prisoner away.
- She was marched out of the door and into a waiting car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- swiftly
- boldly
- …
- on
- out of
- through
- …
- march in step
Word Originlate Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.
Idioms
See march in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee march in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishget your marching orders
- (informal) to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.
give somebody their marching orders
- (informal) to order somebody to leave a place, their job, etc.
march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
- 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.
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