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How to pronounce frogmarch in English?

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Type of bear
Type Words
Type of march

Examples of frogmarch

frogmarch
One sounds his whistle as they wrestle the miscreant to the ground, then frogmarch him away.
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A group of fighters then frogmarch him towards a pick-up truck.
From the guardian.co.uk
Incidentally no one can force someone into having an abortion unless they frogmarch them to the clinic with a gun to their temple.
From the guardian.co.uk
His attempts to frogmarch me out of the building may have resulted in my hand landing on his neck for a bit, but it was just self-defence, I swear.
From the guardian.co.uk
The carnal She Said even survives what can only be described as an outbreak of interpretative dancing by two men in warders'uniforms, who frogmarch Drew into the wings as the set ends.
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More examples
  • March a person against his will by any method
  • Carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person
  • Alternative spelling of frog march; To force a person to walk where he does not wish to go by holding his arms behind him and pushing him forward
  • To force a person to walk in a squatting posture with the arms firmly pinioned behind the back; this is a form of humiliating punishment imposed upon captives and prisoners, inasmuch as the restrained arms, unavailable for balance, tilt the body forward, and impart a staggering or stumbling hop ...
  • To hustle someone forward, after seizing from behind and pinning the arms or seizing by the scruff of the neck and the back of the trousers.