March
March verb - To move forward along a course.
Usage example: bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck
How words are described
| old | old march | old stop |
| best | best march | best stop |
| long | long march | long stop |
| following | following march | following stop |
| Other adjectives: complete, entire, big, great, little, main, final, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Captain Laserbeam: Who else was going to stop his martial march of miniature musical mayhem?
Source: Pint-Sized Powerhouse -
It can also be used to march others away, and if cranked slowly, makes them slow down and stop moving.
- Marc Antony memorably pauses his army's march back to Rome so he could stop and rape a shepherd girl by the side of the road.
Source: Gratuitous Rape
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