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Meaning of frogmarch | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
    transitive
  2. To force a person forward against their will.
    figuratively, transitive
  3. To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
    dated, transitive
  4. To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
    transitive

Examples

“Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals.”
“The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

frogmarched frogmarches frogmarching frogs frogtie frogtied

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