frogmarch

[ frog-mahrch, frawg- ]

/ ˈfrɒgˌmɑrtʃ, ˈfrɔg- /

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verb (used with object)

to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.

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Origin of frogmarch

First recorded in 1930–35; frog¹ + march¹

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How to use frogmarch in a sentence

I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.
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Her focus would be on the three months, January through March 1965, that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act.
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The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
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In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
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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.
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Genoa has but recently and partially felt the new impulse, yet even here the march of improvement is visible.
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Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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British Dictionary definitions for frogmarch

frogmarch

/ (ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ) /

noun

a method of carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held by one person and the victim is carried horizontally and face downwards

any method of making a resisting person move forward against his will

verb

(tr) to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly

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