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.
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He strong-armed the Senate into confirming a Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who has a tattoo associated with the Jan. 6 rioters, and the white nationalists who marched on Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Outrage over his brutal death, depicted in the 2014 film Selma, reportedly motivated advocates to march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama a month later.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The riot took place after a Trump speech imploring supporters to march on the Capitol and interrupt the peaceful transfer of power after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
And given that the score finished 2-2 in regular time, Madrid might have easily been eliminated from the competition in the last 16 yet instead marched on to quarterfinals thanks to Endrick's brace netted either side of a Fede Valverde volley.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Outrage over his brutal death, depicted in the 2014 film Selma, reportedly motivated advocates to march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama a month later.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The riot took place after a Trump speech imploring supporters to march on the Capitol and interrupt the peaceful transfer of power after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
And given that the score finished 2-2 in regular time, Madrid might have easily been eliminated from the competition in the last 16 yet instead marched on to quarterfinals thanks to Endrick's brace netted either side of a Fede Valverde volley.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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