frogmarch

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See also: frog-march and frog march

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

See frog march.

Verb

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  1. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
  2. (figurative) To force a person forward against their will.
    • Thomas Firbank, I Bought a Mountain, in a gale and rain storm in Snowdonia:-
      The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.
  3. (formerly) To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
  4. To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.

Noun

frogmarch (plural frogmarches)

  1. The process of frogmarching a person.

References

  • “Frogmarch”, in BBC Learning English‎[1], BBC, 2014 August 26
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