English > march on: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
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| Synonyms | advance, progress, pass on, move on, go on |
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| Entailed by | approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near | Move towards |
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| Narrower | close in, draw in | Advance or converge on |
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| creep up, sneak up | Advance stealthily or unnoticed |
| edge, inch | Advance slowly, as if by inches |
| elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along | pass by |
| encroach, infringe, impinge | Advance beyond the usual limit |
| forge | Move ahead steadily |
| pass, overtake, overhaul | Travel past |
| penetrate | make one's way deeper into or through |
| press on, push on, plough on | Continue moving forward |
| ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down | Move by degrees in one direction only |
| string, string along | Move or come along |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| See also | march | walk fast, with regular or measured steps |
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| Opposite | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
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| Spanish | adentrarse, anticipar, avanzarse, avanzar, internarse |
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| Catalan | anticipar, avançar-se, endinsar-se, internar-se |
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