in marching order

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in marching order

organized and equipped; ready to go. (Originally military.) Is our luggage all packed and in marching order? We're in marching order and eager to go, sir.

See also: marche, order

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Though the words of the order were not clear to the regimental commander, and the question arose whether the troops were to be in marching order or not, it was decided at a consultation between the battalion commanders to present the regiment in parade order, on the principle that it is always better to "bow too low than not bow low enough. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Below, on the downs, the column was forming in marching order, and as the two rode out to join it the little old man turned to Norman of Torn, saying, The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context I was by this time afraid of but one thing in the world; and that was to be set back upon the rock; anything else was welcome to me; so we got ourselves at once in marching order, and began to slip from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our bellies in the shade, now making a run for it, heart in mouth. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			in inverted commas in its entirety in jeopardy in jest in just a minute in just a moment in keeping in keeping with in kind in labor in large part in league in league with in less than no time in lieu of in light of in limbo in line in line for in line with in living memory in loco parentis in love in low cotton in luck in marching order in memory of in midair in midst in mind's eye in mint condition in my book in my humble opinion in my wildest dreams in name in name only in need in neutral in next to no time in no mood to do in no time in no uncertain terms in nothing flat in on in on the act in on the ground floor in one breath in one ear and out the other in one fell swoop in one piece in one stroke			in living memory in loc. cit. In loco In loco in loco parentis in loco parentis in loco parentis in loco parentis in loco parentis in longhand in love in love in love in love in love In Love with You In Loving Memory In Loving Memory Of In loving service in low cotton in low spirits In lowest terms In Lucem Molecular Mechanics in luck in luck in luck in luck In majore summa continetur minor In maleficio ratihabitio mandato comparatur in many respects in marching order in margine positus in margine scriptus in mass In maxima potentia minima licentia in measure in measure in measure in measure In medea res In medea res In media reas In media reas In media res In media res in medias res in medias res in mem. in memoriam in memoriam in memoriams in memoriams In memory database In Memory Database System in memory of in memory of in memory of In Memory of Magic In mercibus illicitis non sit commercium in midair in midst

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