marching orders
plural noun
: authoritative orders or instructions especially to set out on or as if on a march
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Why at a critical juncture in the protest did these student activists assemble at one location off campus to get their marching orders from one man?
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Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
The marching orders, apparently, had to come from de Blasio, who repeatedly waffled on the decision and wouldn’t commit to firing the longtime cop.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
But first, our guide gives us some marching orders before the games begin.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
Industry very much wanted to know they would be issued marching orders.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 May 2024
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Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
The marching orders, apparently, had to come from de Blasio, who repeatedly waffled on the decision and wouldn’t commit to firing the longtime cop.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
But first, our guide gives us some marching orders before the games begin.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
Industry very much wanted to know they would be issued marching orders.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 May 2024
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