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

Recent Examples on the Web

Those moments are small respite for those fighting to defend Ukrainian sovereignty, roughly three years and three months after Moscow’s armies marched on Ukraine. —Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 12 June 2025

Through it all, her life marched on — and in 2021, she got married. —Jillian Frankel, People.com, 11 June 2025

People participate in a May Day rally and march on May 01, 2025 in the Manhattan borough of New York City. —Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025

Players showered up, then slipped into Lululemon sweats embroidered with the Olde English D. The club filed out the door one player after another, marching on like this was business as usual. —Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 30 May 2025

Rhymes for march on

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