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
Some faculty members staged a campus march on Wednesday in support of students.
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Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Elsewhere in the state, high school students in Madison marched on Thursday at the Capitol, and Stevens Point Area Senior High students walked out of classes Friday.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In mid-February, thousands of farmers left their villages to march on the capital again, to push demands for broader and more generous minimum price guarantees for their crops.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
Members of Vancouver's Christian community made a 25-mile solidarity march on Saturday, to match the approximate length of Gaza's Mediterranean coast.
—Kori Skillman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Trump exhorted a crowd to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress gathered to certify his opponent’s win and then resisted requests to call for peace after his supporters turned violent.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Like many actors who marched on the picket lines during last year’s historic SAG-AFTRA strike, Sutherland is now calling for similar workplace protections for the men, women and children whose faces front the $2.5 trillion fashion industry.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
An alligator at least 10-feet long was marching on the pristine golf course grass in Rotonda West, Florida, on the Gulf Coast.
—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
Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Elsewhere in the state, high school students in Madison marched on Thursday at the Capitol, and Stevens Point Area Senior High students walked out of classes Friday.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In mid-February, thousands of farmers left their villages to march on the capital again, to push demands for broader and more generous minimum price guarantees for their crops.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
Members of Vancouver's Christian community made a 25-mile solidarity march on Saturday, to match the approximate length of Gaza's Mediterranean coast.
—Kori Skillman, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Trump exhorted a crowd to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress gathered to certify his opponent’s win and then resisted requests to call for peace after his supporters turned violent.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Like many actors who marched on the picket lines during last year’s historic SAG-AFTRA strike, Sutherland is now calling for similar workplace protections for the men, women and children whose faces front the $2.5 trillion fashion industry.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
An alligator at least 10-feet long was marching on the pristine golf course grass in Rotonda West, Florida, on the Gulf Coast.
—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
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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