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MARCH ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Example:
Time marches on
Synonyms:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "march on" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march on"):
forge (move ahead steadily)
penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)
creep up; sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed)
encroach; impinge; infringe (advance beyond the usual limit)
plough on; press on; push on (continue moving forward)
string; string along (move or come along)
overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
edge; inch (advance slowly, as if by inches)
rachet up; ratchet; ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only)
elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by (pass by)
Sentence frames:
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