frogmarch
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See also: frog-march and frog march
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See frog march.
Verb[edit]
frogmarch (third-person singular simple present frogmarches, present participle frogmarching, simple past and past participle frogmarched)
- To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
- (figurative) To force a person forward against their will.
- 1940, Thomas Firbank, I Bought a Mountain:
- The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.
- (dated) To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
- To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
Noun[edit]
frogmarch (plural frogmarches)
- The process of frogmarching a person.