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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Members of Vancouver's Christian community made a 25-mile solidarity march on Saturday, to match the approximate length of Gaza's Mediterranean coast.
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Kori Skillman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Trump exhorted a crowd to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress gathered to certify his opponent’s win and then resisted requests to call for peace after his supporters turned violent.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Like many actors who marched on the picket lines during last year’s historic SAG-AFTRA strike, Sutherland is now calling for similar workplace protections for the men, women and children whose faces front the $2.5 trillion fashion industry.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
An alligator at least 10-feet long was marching on the pristine golf course grass in Rotonda West, Florida, on the Gulf Coast.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
But history has marched on, and Scholz has been slow to recognize it.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Erica Parise / Apple TV+ In 1969, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that school districts had to desegregate immediately, and 250,000 people marched on the nation's capital to protest the Vietnam War.
—Arturo Conde, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Frustrations with the way the war was being fought provoked an armed uprising in which gun-toting Wagner mercenaries marched on Moscow, posing an unprecedented challenge to the Kremlin’s authority.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
When the Nazis marched on Paris in June of 1940, Lelong was president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, a position he was elected to in 1937, taking over from Pierre Gerber, son of Marie Callot of Callot Sœurs.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Kori Skillman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Trump exhorted a crowd to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress gathered to certify his opponent’s win and then resisted requests to call for peace after his supporters turned violent.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Like many actors who marched on the picket lines during last year’s historic SAG-AFTRA strike, Sutherland is now calling for similar workplace protections for the men, women and children whose faces front the $2.5 trillion fashion industry.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
An alligator at least 10-feet long was marching on the pristine golf course grass in Rotonda West, Florida, on the Gulf Coast.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
But history has marched on, and Scholz has been slow to recognize it.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Erica Parise / Apple TV+ In 1969, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that school districts had to desegregate immediately, and 250,000 people marched on the nation's capital to protest the Vietnam War.
—Arturo Conde, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Frustrations with the way the war was being fought provoked an armed uprising in which gun-toting Wagner mercenaries marched on Moscow, posing an unprecedented challenge to the Kremlin’s authority.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
When the Nazis marched on Paris in June of 1940, Lelong was president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, a position he was elected to in 1937, taking over from Pierre Gerber, son of Marie Callot of Callot Sœurs.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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