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march to the beat of one's own drum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
march -to the beat- of one's own -drum
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
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 drum (present, singular) marching to the beat of one's own drum (participle, present) marched to the beat of one's own drum (participle, past) marched to the beat of one's own drum (past)

Questions

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

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