・⇒dead march, wedding march.

on the mrch

(1) 行進中で.

・The regiment was on the march.

(2) 〈物事が〉進歩[発展, 前進]中で.

《1781》

stal [gt] a mrch on [upn] …に抜足さし足で近づく, …の不意を襲う; (こっそり, ずるく)…を出し抜く, …の先を越す.

・He stole a march on me.

《1707》

Mrch of Dmes [the ―] 《米》 (1938 年以来行われている)小児麻痺救済募金運動.

v.: 《c1410》 (O)F marcher to walk, march, go, 《原義》 trample (i) ＜ VL marcre ← LL marcus a hammer (ii) Frank, markn to mark out with footprints ＜ Gmc markn ← IE merg- border, boundary: cf. mark^１. ― n.: 《1590》 (M)F marche ← marcher march^２ /mt ｜ mt/