Slow march

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A controlled walking pace in a deliberate, steady, rhythmic manner. sometimes

    "[T]he Rector emerged, erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march, his hands behind him, down the cemetery."

  2. 2
    A march with a relatively slow tempo.

    "Germany's newest song hit was hummed in streetcars, in movie theaters and at political meetings. . . . Its slow march tune was catchy, and its lyrics fitted Berlin's melancholy mood."

  3. 3
    A progression or unfolding of events which occurs in an unhurried, steady, deliberate manner. broadly, idiomatic

    "[S]ome spirits, more audacious than the rest, became restive under the slow march of events."

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