Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

march to the beat of a different drummer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
march -to the beat- of a d-if-fer-en-t -drum-mer
IPA
60
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
9
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

marches to the beat of a different drummer (present, singular) marching to the beat of a different drummer (participle, present) marched to the beat of a different drummer (participle, past) marched to the beat of a different drummer (past)

Questions

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

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