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- Dictionaryfrogmarch/ˈfrɒɡmɑːtʃ/
verb
- 1. force (someone) to walk forward by holding and pinning their arms from behind: "the cop frogmarched him down the steep stairs"
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Jul 8, 2016 · The verb to frog-march (somebody) means to force (somebody) to walk forward by holding and pinning their arms from behind.
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 or her will. [...] 3. to carry in a frogmarch or cause to move forward unwillingly. [...]
Oct 15, 2020 · Frog-marching is a police tactic for moving a recalcitrant prisoner from place to place. The name seems odd to us today because the present-day tactic doesn’t seem to have anything to do with frogs. But that’s because exactly what frog-marching consists of has changed.
The meaning of FROG-MARCH is to seize from behind roughly and forcefully propel forward. How to use frog-march in a sentence.
Oct 11, 2024 · No, 'to frogmarch' means to force someone who is unwilling to move forward or to walk somewhere, often by holding their arms tightly. Here are some examples....
Frog-march. A slang expression from the late 19th century, so-called because it describes the method of carrying a drunken or refractory prisoner face downwards between four policemen, each holding a limb.
frogmarch somebody + adv./prep. to force somebody to walk forward by holding their arms tightly from behind so they have to walk along with you. He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall.
