marching orders
plural noun
: authoritative orders or instructions especially to set out on or as if on a march
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At Gramps Getaway on Key Biscayne, management added nine fans this year and the staff is under marching orders to keep water glasses full at the popular outdoor bar, even as moonlight takes over.
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
New research suggests some people are defying their bosses’ marching orders even as the job market cools and job anxieties mount.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
So the Klan of the 1920s was not only anti-Black and anti-Asian, but equally anti-Catholic, antisemitic, and anti-Slav – all groups from the wrong side of Europe’s tracks that took their marching orders from Rome or Moscow.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
Wednesday gives Fester his marching orders: Get committed to Willow Hill, find Lois, don’t get caught by Dr. Fairborn.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
New research suggests some people are defying their bosses’ marching orders even as the job market cools and job anxieties mount.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
So the Klan of the 1920s was not only anti-Black and anti-Asian, but equally anti-Catholic, antisemitic, and anti-Slav – all groups from the wrong side of Europe’s tracks that took their marching orders from Rome or Moscow.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
Wednesday gives Fester his marching orders: Get committed to Willow Hill, find Lois, don’t get caught by Dr. Fairborn.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for marching orders
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“Marching orders.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marching%20orders. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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