march on
phrasal verb
marched on; marching on; marches on
1
: to come toward (a place) in order to attack it
Enemy troops were marching on the city.
2
: to go or continue onward
Time marches on.
Governments come and go, but civilization marches on.
Examples of march on in a Sentence
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Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line finally began their march on May 26 with roughly 800 men, passing the site of the mutineers’ execution as a stark reminder.
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John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Youth Empowered in the Struggle is the youth arm of Voces de La Frontera, an advocacy organization for the rights of immigrants and workers, which also called attention to the war in Gaza on Wednesday in its annual march on the international labor holiday of May Day.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
So these translators march on through time, insisting on their own varieties of stupidity and clarity.
—Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Protesters were marching on the city's Upper East Side on Monday evening near Hunter College and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the Met Gala was being held.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2024
When, in April, antiwar students gathered to march on campus, they were met by state troopers in riot gear and police officers who deployed pepper spray and flash-bang explosives.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Some faculty members staged a campus march on Wednesday in support of students.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Elsewhere in the state, high school students in Madison marched on Thursday at the Capitol, and Stevens Point Area Senior High students walked out of classes Friday.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In mid-February, thousands of farmers left their villages to march on the capital again, to push demands for broader and more generous minimum price guarantees for their crops.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Youth Empowered in the Struggle is the youth arm of Voces de La Frontera, an advocacy organization for the rights of immigrants and workers, which also called attention to the war in Gaza on Wednesday in its annual march on the international labor holiday of May Day.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
So these translators march on through time, insisting on their own varieties of stupidity and clarity.
—Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Protesters were marching on the city's Upper East Side on Monday evening near Hunter College and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the Met Gala was being held.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2024
When, in April, antiwar students gathered to march on campus, they were met by state troopers in riot gear and police officers who deployed pepper spray and flash-bang explosives.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Some faculty members staged a campus march on Wednesday in support of students.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Elsewhere in the state, high school students in Madison marched on Thursday at the Capitol, and Stevens Point Area Senior High students walked out of classes Friday.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In mid-February, thousands of farmers left their villages to march on the capital again, to push demands for broader and more generous minimum price guarantees for their crops.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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