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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as quickstep.

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Examples

  • As the concerto progresses, the performing left hand ascends the keyboard, like an uphill march to the gallows, and is greeted by an orchestral quick-march akin to a danse macabre.

    Sound of One Hand Playing 2009

  • After the quick-march to breakfast and a pulse-pounding calisthenics session, he goes to work clearing rubbish from an expressway median.

    The Bust In Boot Camps 2008

  • Superficially he's spinning quick-march Spielbergian adventures.

    Pullman's Progress 2008

  • This escalation policy is the latest phase in Bush\'s quick-march to Hell, and needs to be opposed systematically to prevent its implementation.

    Whacking the Pi�ata 2007

  • A file of red-coated soldiers came at the quick-march from the other end of the quay, splitting the crowd like vinegar dropped on mayonnaise.

    Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

  • That would encourage Colaris to quick-march those troops down the road to Hydolar within an eight-day.

    The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • The rest of the handpicked men entered at a quick-march from another door, then took their places on the cobblestone courtyard with drill-team precision.

    Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • The rest of the handpicked men entered at a quick-march from another door, then took their places on the cobblestone courtyard with drill-team precision.

    Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • Phil Squod, with the aid of a brush and paint-pot, is employed in the distance whitening the targets, softly whistling in quick-march time and in drum-and-fife manner that he must and will go back again to the girl he left behind him.

    Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853

  • Phil Squod, with the aid of a brush and paint-pot, is employed in the distance whitening the targets, softly whistling in quick-march time and in drum-and-fife manner that he must and will go back again to the girl he left behind him.

    Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841

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