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In some senses, route-march is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
route-march
noun 2verb 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
full, involved
VERB + ROUTE-MARCH
exercise, marching
ROUTE-MARCH + NOUN
kit
PREP.
in, on, out
ADV.
apparently, simply
Definitions
noun
1
A long march for training purposes.
Half of the unit was preparing for some training exercise, apparently a route-march carrying full kit.
He then proceeded to lead them on a route-march at a blistering pace that many struggled to keep up with.
2
A long grueling walk.
Anna, she sensed, was the kind of indomitable woman who could go on a route-march for seven days and nights without sleeping.
verb
1
To go or send on a route-march.
The troops drilled, trained, route-marched, and adapted to military life and to each other.
The Battalion of East Surreys billeted in its sad empty houses was route-marched through the rain around Stirling.
2
To go or send on a long, exhausting tour by foot.
I always describe Deaf School as my tertiary education, I was route-marched around galleries and museums for the entire week, with running commentaries by informed people.
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Half of the unit was preparing for some training exercise, apparently a route-march carrying full kit.
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He then proceeded to lead them on a route-march at a blistering pace that many struggled to keep up with.
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We had been out on a route-march. You know, I daresay, that nowadays a route-march is not simply a matter of marching. In a route-march there is involved a certain amount of field training.
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The troops drilled, trained, route-marched, and adapted to military life and to each other.
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The Battalion of East Surreys billeted in its sad empty houses was route-marched through the rain around Stirling.
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I always describe Deaf School as my tertiary education, I was route-marched around galleries and museums for the entire week, with running commentaries by informed people.
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