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on the march

on the march prepositional phrase: moving; advancing; progressing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. moving; advancing; progressing
    • Throughout October the campaign in Korea made excellent progress. Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, was taken on October 19, and day after day MacArthur's forces were on the march.1956, Harry S. Truman, chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 371

Questions about on the march

What does on the march mean?
On the march means moving; advancing; progressing.
What part of speech is on the march?
On the march is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the march in the dictionary

  1. on the lines of
  2. on the lookout
  3. on the loose
  4. on the low
  5. on the make
  6. on the march
  7. on the mark
  8. on the market
  9. on the mat
  10. on the mend
  11. on the mending hand

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