Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.

    im Polizeigriff abführen

    march a person against their will by any method

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To force a person forward against their will.

    vorwärtsstoßen

    carry someone against their will upside down such that each limb is held by one person

  3. (dated, transitive)To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.

  4. (transitive)To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.

    wegschleppen, wegzerren

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side:
to force a person forward against their will:
to forcibly relocate a person:

Origin

From frog + march. Originated c. 1871, from the resemblance of the target to a splayed-out

From frog + march. Originated c. 1871, from the resemblance of the target to a splayed-out frog.

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Forms

frogmarches, frogmarching, frogmarched, frogmarched
Base formfrogmarch · to frogmarch
3rd person singularfrogmarches
Present participlefrogmarching
Past simplefrogmarched
Past participlefrogmarched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfrogmarch
he, she, itfrogmarches

Past simpleLesson

all personsfrogmarched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave frogmarched
he, she, ithas frogmarched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill frogmarch

Synonyms

1 synonyms
frog-walk

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
frofrogA1frolicC2fromA1
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