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

Two years later Benito Mussolini would march on Rome, but not before the former convinced the later to step down from electoral politics, which required a combination of bribery and defenestration (the poet enjoyed the first and survived the second). —Ed Simon june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025

In Pico Rivera, after federal agents carried out a string of arrests Tuesday, protesters marched on city streets. —Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025

Millions around the country marched on Saturday to protest the raids and Trump’s military parade, declaring it No King’s Day. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025

The tour will march on after Little Rock with scheduled shows in Ashland, KY (July 11-12), Sioux Falls, SD (July 18-19) and Anderson, S.C. (July 25-26). —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2025

Rhymes for march on

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