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march to a different drummer en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum.
    • Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time . Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, hat is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive. 1981 December 27, Wade Nichols, “Victorian Imperialism”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:

Forms

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marching to a different drummer Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
marches to a different drummer Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
marched to a different drummer Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
marched to a different drummer Tense=Past lexicographic