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route march

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noun

  1. march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.


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My route march takes me past a dozen of these lonely cemeteries.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2014

Miliband etches out a monumental route march, that will take a bravery and political skill closer to Lloyd George in his People's Budget than anything Labour did last time in office.

From The Guardian Feb. 14, 2013

Il Duce took his place in the line again with chin up and swinging arms, pacing a battalion of the 67th Infantry in a route march to strain the legs of the shortest.

From Time Magazine Archive

On a hill above England's Salisbury Plain a stuffy general stood at the roadside, watching the 17th Light Battery return from a route march.

From Time Magazine Archive

July 23rd.—To-day we had a route march of nearly twelve miles, the first since we left England.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson

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