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march to the beat of one's own drummer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
march -to the beat- of one's own -drum-mer
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum.

Inflected Forms

marches to the beat of one's own drummer (present, singular) marching to the beat of one's own drummer (participle, present) marched to the beat of one's own drummer (participle, past) marched to the beat of one's own drummer (past)

Questions

What does march to the beat of one's own drummer mean?
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum.

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