Meaning & use
Yomp
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To march or walk with heavy equipment over difficult terrain, typically in a military context.
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The soldiers had to yomp across miles of boggy moorland to reach the base.
Exhausted recruits yomped through the night in driving rain during the exercise.
A note on using this word
British military slang that gained wide public attention during the 1982 Falklands War, when troops famously yomped across the islands.
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