quick-marchv.

Brit.

/kwɪkˈmɑːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪkˈmɑrtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adv., march v.²

Etymology: < quick adv. + march v.², after quick march n.

Chiefly Military.

intransitive. To march in quick time; (more generally) to walk briskly. Also transitive: to cause or force (a person or company) to do this. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1743 Rep. Comm. S.-Carolina Assembly Exped. against St. Augustine 33 Several Officers and Men had Leave also to go and look after their Baggage, which upon their quick-marching thence they had been obliged to leave there.

1855 Littell's Living Age 24 Nov. 504/1 He told him how his sire, Gervase, To Bosworth's bloody fight Led up the men of Cannock Chace, Quick marching through the night.

1914 S. Graham With Poor Immigrants to Amer. ii. 42 We were quick-marched out of the ship to the Customs Wharf.

1968 Punch 8 May 683/1 Only the professionals with their pace-sticks could cause a body of men to quick-march at exactly 120 paces of 30 inches to the minute.

1989 Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. Two young men with narrow ties and narrow briefcases quick-marched past us.

1994 C. C. Walton in T. J. Donaldson & R. R. Freeman Business as Humanity iii. 126 Their students, quick-marched through a demanding two-year graduate program, simply have no time for what they perceive as ‘luxuries’.

2000 W. R. Nester Haughty Conquerors v. 155 Wilkins left behind a skeleton garrison and quick-marched his 60th companies up the portage trail.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quick-march
释义	quick-marchv. Brit. /kwɪkˈmɑːtʃ/, U.S. /ˌkwɪkˈmɑrtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adv., march v.² Etymology: < quick adv. + march v.², after quick march n. Chiefly Military. intransitive. To march in quick time; (more generally) to walk briskly. Also transitive: to cause or force (a person or company) to do this. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1743 Rep. Comm. S.-Carolina Assembly Exped. against St. Augustine 33 Several Officers and Men had Leave also to go and look after their Baggage, which upon their quick-marching thence they had been obliged to leave there. 1855 Littell's Living Age 24 Nov. 504/1 He told him how his sire, Gervase, To Bosworth's bloody fight Led up the men of Cannock Chace, Quick marching through the night. 1914 S. Graham With Poor Immigrants to Amer. ii. 42 We were quick-marched out of the ship to the Customs Wharf. 1968 Punch 8 May 683/1 Only the professionals with their pace-sticks could cause a body of men to quick-march at exactly 120 paces of 30 inches to the minute. 1989 Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. Two young men with narrow ties and narrow briefcases quick-marched past us. 1994 C. C. Walton in T. J. Donaldson & R. R. Freeman Business as Humanity iii. 126 Their students, quick-marched through a demanding two-year graduate program, simply have no time for what they perceive as ‘luxuries’. 2000 W. R. Nester Haughty Conquerors v. 155 Wilkins left behind a skeleton garrison and quick-marched his 60th companies up the portage trail. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1743
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