move : Idioms & Phrases

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chess move

  • noun the act of moving a chess piece
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forward-moving

  • adjective satellite moving forward
    forward; advancing.
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get moving

  • verb start to be active
    get started; get rolling; get going; get weaving; get cracking; bestir oneself.
    • Get cracking, please!
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inward-moving

  • adjective satellite moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
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move around

  • verb pass to the other side of
    turn.
    • turn the corner
    • move around the obstacle
  • verb travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
    travel.
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move back

  • verb pull back or move away or backward
    retire; recede; pull back; withdraw; pull away; draw back; retreat.
    • The enemy withdrew
    • The limo pulled away from the curb
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move back and forth

  • verb move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
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move in

  • verb occupy a place
    • The crowds are moving in
  • verb of trains; move into (a station)
    get in; pull in; draw in.
    • The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
  • verb move into a new house or office
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move in on

  • verb make intrusive advances towards
  • verb seize control of
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move into

  • verb to come or go into
    go in; get into; come in; go into; enter; get in.
    • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
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move involuntarily

  • verb move in an uncontrolled manner
    move involuntarily.
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move on

  • verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
    advance; march on; progress; pass on; go on.
    • Time marches on
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move out

  • verb cause to leave
    take out; remove.
    • The teacher took the children out of the classroom
  • verb move out of one's old house or office
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move over

  • verb move in order to make room for someone for something
    ease up; give way; yield; give.
    • The park gave way to a supermarket
    • `Move over,' he told the crowd
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move reflexively

  • verb move in an uncontrolled manner
    move involuntarily.
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move through

  • verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
    transit; pass through; pass across; pass over.
    • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
    • "Some travelers pass through the desert
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move up

  • verb move to a better position in life or to a better job
    rise; ascend.
    • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
  • verb move upward
    come up; rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise.
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows
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moving company

  • noun a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
    public mover; mover; removal company; removal firm.
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moving expense

  • noun the cost of moving your residence from one location to another
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moving in

  • noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
    occupancy; occupation.
    • occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
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moving picture

  • noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    flick; picture; picture show; pic; movie; motion picture; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
    • they went to a movie every Saturday night
    • the film was shot on location
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moving ridge

  • noun one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
    wave.
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moving staircase

  • noun a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
    moving staircase; escalator.
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moving stairway

  • noun a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
    moving staircase; escalator.
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moving van

  • noun a van used for moving home or office furniture
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moving-coil galvanometer

  • noun a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
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moving-picture show

  • noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    flick; picture; picture show; pic; movie; motion picture; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
    • they went to a movie every Saturday night
    • the film was shot on location
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opening move

  • noun the first of a series of actions
    first step; initiative; opening.
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outward-moving

  • adjective satellite moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
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self-moved

Self`-moved" adjective
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  1. Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
Webster 1913

self-moving

  • adjective satellite designed to activate or move or regulate itself
    self-regulating; self-acting; self-activating.
    • a self-activating sprinkler system
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Self`-mov"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
Webster 1913

slow-moving

  • adjective satellite moving slowly
    • slow-moving cars
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To be on the move

  • to bustle or stir about. Colloq.
Webster 1913

To make a move

  • . (a) To take some action . (b) To move a piece, as in a game.
Webster 1913

To move, run, ∨ go, against time

  • to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time.
Webster 1913