marching orders
plural noun
: authoritative orders or instructions especially to set out on or as if on a march
Examples of marching orders in a Sentence
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The overall experience amounts to stumbling into town or across an emergent scenario and being given marching orders, rinse and repeat.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
And that was the marching orders from Tom and Steven: Make a miniseries about Buck, Bucky and Rosie.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Li is in effect giving the country’s sprawling bureaucracy its marching orders.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
But that doesn’t match what workers describe as their marching orders.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The marching orders were: Get to Oklahoma and figure a plan out.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
Following Dimon’s marching orders, JPMorgan even called back traders for in-person work in September 2020, when most companies were still allowing remote work to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
—María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
By determining which segments are the most important and ruling out nearly everything else, sales and marketing can gain clear marching orders.
—Mike Burton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
And that was the marching orders from Tom and Steven: Make a miniseries about Buck, Bucky and Rosie.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Li is in effect giving the country’s sprawling bureaucracy its marching orders.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
But that doesn’t match what workers describe as their marching orders.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The marching orders were: Get to Oklahoma and figure a plan out.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
Following Dimon’s marching orders, JPMorgan even called back traders for in-person work in September 2020, when most companies were still allowing remote work to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
—María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
By determining which segments are the most important and ruling out nearly everything else, sales and marketing can gain clear marching orders.
—Mike Burton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Marching orders.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marching%20orders. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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