slow-march

verb

To perform a slow march.

Meanings

verbslow-march (third-person singular simple present slow-marches, present participle slow-marching, simple past and past participle slow-marched)

present singular third person slow-marches · participle present slow-marching · participle past slow-marched · past slow-marched

  1. intransitiveTo perform a slow march.

    Half-an-hour later the whistle blew to summon the passengers back to the train, and they then moved on to Tetbury, where a procession was formed and slow-marched into the centre of the town, led by two top-hatted "mourners".

    1960 June, M.G.D. Farr, “Railbus services in the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 366
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