slang. to shove the moon (see quot. 1809). Obsolete.
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent (4) to shove the moon1809 slang. to shove the moon (see quot. 1809). Obsolete. to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 slang. to shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon: to abscond by night, ‘to do a moonlight flit’. to shoot the moon1836 to shoot the moon: to remove household goods by night in order to avoid seizure for rent. (Cf. the older phrase in shove, v.1 10c.) moonlight1903 intransitive. colloquial. To depart hurriedly by night; to do a moonlight flit. |
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