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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As protesters in Port-au-Prince divided themselves into different groups and prepared as early as 8 a.m. to march on government offices, Mirebalais continued to be under threat.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Speaking in French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda — the language of Rwanda and of many Congolese Hutu and Tutsi — the leaders vowed to march on Kinshasa.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
In late October, as hundreds of enslaved people flocked to British lines for refuge, Henry’s patriot army marched on Norfolk.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
In the North, where a rebel army prepares to march on London, the statesman has become a monster with which to scare children.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Speaking in French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda — the language of Rwanda and of many Congolese Hutu and Tutsi — the leaders vowed to march on Kinshasa.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
In late October, as hundreds of enslaved people flocked to British lines for refuge, Henry’s patriot army marched on Norfolk.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
In the North, where a rebel army prepares to march on London, the statesman has become a monster with which to scare children.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
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“March on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march%20on. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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