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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After one pivotal student march on City Hall, he was arrested and charged with inciting a riot.
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Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Without Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat by Joe Biden, losing six of the seven swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin), there would have been no march on the Capitol and no riot.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Flashback: Hundreds of people marched on the state capitol over the weekend to protest the lawsuit, as well as Utah's other efforts to reduce national monuments and limit federal environmental oversight.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Paramilitary police march on Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 12, 2009.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Without Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat by Joe Biden, losing six of the seven swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin), there would have been no march on the Capitol and no riot.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Flashback: Hundreds of people marched on the state capitol over the weekend to protest the lawsuit, as well as Utah's other efforts to reduce national monuments and limit federal environmental oversight.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Paramilitary police march on Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 12, 2009.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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