march on

march on
verb
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (Freq. 3)
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Time marches on

Syn: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑go on
Ant: ↑recede (for: ↑advance)
Derivationally related forms: ↑progress (for: ↑progress), ↑progression (for: ↑progress), ↑advancement (for: ↑advance), ↑advance (for: ↑advance), ↑advancer (for: ↑advance)
Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote
Hyponyms:
forge, ↑penetrate, ↑creep up, ↑sneak up, ↑encroach, ↑infringe, ↑impinge, ↑press on, ↑push on, ↑plough on, ↑string, ↑string along, ↑pass, ↑overtake, ↑overhaul, ↑close in, ↑draw in, ↑edge, ↑inch, ↑ratchet, ↑rachet up, ↑ratchet down, ↑elapse, ↑lapse, ↑slip by, ↑glide by, ↑slip away, ↑go by, ↑slide by, ↑go along
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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march on [phrasal verb]
: to go or continue onward

Time marches on.

Governments come and go, but civilization marches on.

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ˌmarch ˈon derived
to move on or pass quickly

Time marches on

and we still have not made a decision.

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