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frogmarch
[ frog-mahrch, frawg- ]
frogmarch
/ ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ /
noun
- 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
- any method of making a resisting person move forward against his will
verb
- tr to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly
Word History and Origins
Origin of frogmarch1
Example Sentences
The media mogul, whose Apple Daily tabloid was vociferously critical of Beijing, was frogmarched out of his newsroom in a police raid in August 2020, two months after the NSL took effect.
On the morning of the penultimate stage, he was frogmarched out of the team hotel by Italian police.
The peer said his guest, a university student, was "visibly shaken" after being "frogmarched" by the guard.
"Unchecked carbon pollution is forcing the world's most vulnerable on a frogmarch to destruction," Guterres said in a video address Monday.
Dignified comportment is not his strong suit, but surely he cannot equably contemplate being frogmarched out of the White House.
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