force-march

[ fawrs-mahrch, fohrs- ]

/ ˈfɔrsˌmɑrtʃ, ˈfoʊrs- /

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verb (used with or without object)

to march somewhere in a forced march.

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Origin of force-march

First recorded in 1960–65; back formation from forced march

Words nearby force-march

forced vital capacity, force feed, force-field analysis, forceful, force majeure, force-march, forcemeat, force of habit, force of mastication, force-out, force play

How to use force-march in a sentence

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
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Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
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I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
Genoa has but recently and partially felt the new impulse, yet even here the march of improvement is visible.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
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The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton