Usually means: Instructions to proceed with action.
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  1. marching orders: Merriam-Webster
  2. marching orders: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. marching orders: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. marching orders: Collins English Dictionary
  5. marching orders: Vocabulary.com
  6. marching orders: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. marching orders: Wiktionary
  8. marching orders: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. marching orders: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. marching orders: Dictionary.com
  11. Marching Orders (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. marching orders: Rhymezone
  13. marching orders: FreeDictionary.org
  14. marching orders: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. marching orders: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (marching orders)

▸ noun:  Instructions for action.
▸ noun:  (UK) Dismissal: an instruction to leave.

Similar:
line of march, heavy marching order, order of the day, execute order, command, close order drill, extended order drill, obedience, order, close-order drill, more...

Opposite:
stand down, cease and desist, halt, stop, discontinue

Types:
command, order, instruction, directive, charge, more...

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Similar:
line of march, heavy marching order, order of the day, execute order, command, close order drill, extended order drill, obedience, order, close-order drill, more...

Opposite:
stand down, cease and desist, halt, stop, discontinue

Types:
command, order, instruction, directive, charge, more...



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