A springy walk? (5)

I believe the answer is:

march

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'walk?' is the definition.
(I know that march is a more specific form of the action the walk)

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(Other definitions for march that I've seen before include "Month, piece of music" , "Stride; month" , "that happens fairly early each year" , "Military walking style" , "Month - advance in step" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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