march (redirected from march to the beat of a different drummer)

be as mad as a March hare (old-fashioned)

to be crazy. This woman was dancing in the road and singing very loudly - I thought she was mad as a March hare.

See also: hare, mad

be on the march

if a dangerous or unpleasant political idea is on the march, it is becoming more popular. Fascism is on the march again in Europe.

march to a different drummer (mainly American, British)

to behave in a different way or to believe in different things from the people around you. While most of the country supported military action, Santini was marching to a different drummer.

See also: different

steal a march on someone/something

to spoil someone's plans and get an advantage over them by doing something sooner or better than them. The company plans to steal a march on its competitors by offering the same computer at a lower price.

See also: steal

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march to a different drummer

to be different from other people. As long as the schools that are marching to a different drummer just serve poor kids, no one really cares how they try to teach their students.

See also: different