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move on

verb

  1. to go or cause (someone) to leave somewhere

  2. (intr) to progress; evolve

    football has moved on since then

  3. (intr) to put a difficult experience behind one and progress mentally or emotionally

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Continue moving or progressing; also go away. For example, It's time we moved on to the next item on the agenda, or The police ordered the spectators to move on. [First half of 1800s]
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Life moved on after his richly deserved back-slapping and feted appearances on the chat show circuit.

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I’m going to live my life and if I have to turn around for some reason, then I just turn around, but I’m going to move on and get things back to normal.

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As one participant puts it, “You either marry me, or I move on.”

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Water barely moves on flat ground, but it picks up speed when it goes downhill.

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After performing a second night in Manchester on Monday, he will move on to Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Thursday.

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