march on

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Chants filled the air in downtown Half Moon Bay on Sunday evening, as supporters of Measure Q marched on Kelly Avenue. — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

In Paris, rioters targeted police with Molotov cocktails at the end of Saturday’s march on the city’s eastern edge, injuring three officers and setting a car ablaze, police said. — Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

The day before International Women’s Day, in 1982, twenty thousand women marched on the square, calling for practical reforms, such as workplace equality and free day care, along with an end to patriarchal oppression. — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Tens of thousands of students, trade union activists and more are taking part in a march on Paris. — Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for march on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon