frogmarch
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frog·march
(frôg′märch′, frŏg′-)v.frog·marched,frog·march·ing,frog·march·es
To force (someone) to walk forward by pinning the arms and pushing from behind.
[From earlierfrog's march,a police method of carrying a drunken or unruly person, who is suspended face downwards above the ground by four police officers each holding one limb and carried in a splayed position resembling a frog.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
frogmarch
(ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ)n
1.a method of carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held by one person and the victim is carried horizontally and face downwards
2.any method of making a resisting person move forward against his will
vb
(tr) to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
frog•march
(ˈfrɒgˌmɑrtʃ, ˈfrɔg-)v.t.
to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned behind the back.
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frogmarch
Past participle:frogmarched
Gerund:frogmarching
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frogmarch |
frogmarch |
Present |
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I frogmarch |
you frogmarch |
he/she/it frogmarches |
we frogmarch |
you frogmarch |
they frogmarch |
Preterite |
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I frogmarched |
you frogmarched |
he/she/it frogmarched |
we frogmarched |
you frogmarched |
they frogmarched |
Present Continuous |
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I am frogmarching |
you are frogmarching |
he/she/it is frogmarching |
we are frogmarching |
you are frogmarching |
they are frogmarching |
Present Perfect |
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I have frogmarched |
you have frogmarched |
he/she/it has frogmarched |
we have frogmarched |
you have frogmarched |
they have frogmarched |
Past Continuous |
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I was frogmarching |
you were frogmarching |
he/she/it was frogmarching |
we were frogmarching |
you were frogmarching |
they were frogmarching |
Past Perfect |
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I had frogmarched |
you had frogmarched |
he/she/it had frogmarched |
we had frogmarched |
you had frogmarched |
they had frogmarched |
Future |
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I will frogmarch |
you will frogmarch |
he/she/it will frogmarch |
we will frogmarch |
you will frogmarch |
they will frogmarch |
Future Perfect |
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I will have frogmarched |
you will have frogmarched |
he/she/it will have frogmarched |
we will have frogmarched |
you will have frogmarched |
they will have frogmarched |
Future Continuous |
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I will be frogmarching |
you will be frogmarching |
he/she/it will be frogmarching |
we will be frogmarching |
you will be frogmarching |
they will be frogmarching |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been frogmarching |
you have been frogmarching |
he/she/it has been frogmarching |
we have been frogmarching |
you have been frogmarching |
they have been frogmarching |
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I will have been frogmarching |
you will have been frogmarching |
he/she/it will have been frogmarching |
we will have been frogmarching |
you will have been frogmarching |
they will have been frogmarching |
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I had been frogmarching |
you had been frogmarching |
he/she/it had been frogmarching |
we had been frogmarching |
you had been frogmarching |
they had been frogmarching |
Conditional |
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I would frogmarch |
you would frogmarch |
he/she/it would frogmarch |
we would frogmarch |
you would frogmarch |
they would frogmarch |
Past Conditional |
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I would have frogmarched |
you would have frogmarched |
he/she/it would have frogmarched |
we would have frogmarched |
you would have frogmarched |
they would have frogmarched |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Verb | 1. | frogmarch - march a person against his will by any method march - force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria" |
2. | frogmarch - carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person bear - move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" |
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