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
An alligator at least 10-feet long was marching on the pristine golf course grass in Rotonda West, Florida, on the Gulf Coast.
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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
From cross-border drone strikes to the former Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s march on Moscow and the sheer human cost of sustaining its military, the Kremlin has not been able to isolate its population from the effects of the conflict.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
The Jews for Cease Fire group joined the march near the start of the parade but then moved to marching on the sidewalk when Unity March demonstrators began to confront the other group.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Still, hard evidence is not needed for the House to march on with an impeachment inquiry, said Stanley Brand, a former top lawyer for the House.
—Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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
From cross-border drone strikes to the former Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s march on Moscow and the sheer human cost of sustaining its military, the Kremlin has not been able to isolate its population from the effects of the conflict.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
The Jews for Cease Fire group joined the march near the start of the parade but then moved to marching on the sidewalk when Unity March demonstrators began to confront the other group.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Still, hard evidence is not needed for the House to march on with an impeachment inquiry, said Stanley Brand, a former top lawyer for the House.
—Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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