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march on

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march on 
1. Lit. to continue marching. Please march on. Don't stop here; there are other parts of the parade coming along behind you. Let's march on. We have a long way to go.
2. Fig. [for time] to continue. Time marches on. We are all getting older. As the day marches on, try to get everything completed.
See also: march


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Barth separated from his companions, made an excursion to the town of Aghades, and rejoined the expedition, which resumed its march on the 12th of December.
The army cannot come into it, and to-morrow it is to march on.
And we are all to march in two by two after the audience is seated, while Emma White plays a march on the organ.
 
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