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frogmarch
frogmarch
See also: frog-march and frog march
English
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Verb
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 aside, as a prisoner.
- (figuratively) 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.
- Thomas Firbank, I Bought a Mountain, in a gale and rain storm in Snowdonia:-
- (formerly) 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
frogmarch (plural frogmarches)
- The process of frogmarching a person.