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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
march on en · VERB
Meanings
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To continue or keep on.
This process has marched on no matter how we try to stop it.
The world changes, consumerism marches on, and things once considered luxuries for the well-heeled are now taken for granted by us all — homes with 2½ bathrooms, air travel, cars with power windows.
2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023:
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To protest (a place or institution).
We're going to march on City Hall!
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To invade or attack (a place); to move towards a place in preparation for an attack.
At dawn, we march on the city.
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