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verb British English pronunciation: march /mɑː(r)tʃ/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theymarch
he/she/itmarches
present participlemarching
past tensemarched
past participlemarched
  1. 1
    [intransitive/transitive] Sound effect: march if soldiers march, they walk in a group with each person matching the speed and movements of the others

    They made us march for hours.

    He told the sergeant to march us for another five miles.

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    1. a.
      [intransitive] to walk along a road as part of a group of people protesting about something

      Health workers are today marching through the centre of London in protest at government cuts.

      march on something (=towards it):

      The day before, 50,000 demonstrators had marched on the Pentagon.

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  2. 2
    [intransitive] to walk somewhere quickly and in a determined, confident, or angry way
    march into/out of/up to etc:

    She marched into the room without knocking.

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  3. 3
    [transitive] to force someone to walk somewhere with you, for example by holding their arm
    march out of/off/to etc:

    Both men were marched out of the restaurant.

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  4. 4
    [intransitive] mainly literary to continue to happen, develop, or make progress and be impossible to stop
    march on/onwards:

    Time marches on.

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