When you move on somewhere, you leave the place where you have been staying or waiting and go there.
Mr Brooke moved on from Paris to Belgrade. [VERBPARTICLE preposition/adverb]
What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on? [VERBPARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If someone such as a police officer moves you on, they order you to stop standing in a particular place and to go somewhere else.
Eventually the police were called to move them on. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERBPARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you move on, you finish or stop one activity and start doing something different.
She ran this shop for ten years before deciding to move on to fresh challenges. [VERBPARTICLE + to]
His mother, Julia, soon moved on to a new relationship. [VPto n]
Now, can we move on and discuss the vital business of the day. [VERBPARTICLE]
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move on in British English
verb(adverb)
1.
to go or cause (someone) to leave somewhere
2. (intransitive)
to progress; evolve
football has moved on since then
3. (intransitive)
to put a difficult experience behind one and progress mentally or emotionally
Examples of 'move on' in a sentence
move on
It was a clever move on his part, to place her in his debt without making any kind of move on her.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
Therefore she wanted ignorance, which meant I'd have to get a move on to suss her game out.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS
The thief-catcher wanted to move on at once to the house in Soho Square.
Heller, Keith MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
Chinese translation of 'move on'
move on
vi
(= leave) 启(啟)程前往 (qǐchéng qiánwǎng)
⇒ After three weeks in Hong Kong, we moved on to Japan.在香港逗留了3个星期后，我们启程前往日本。 (Zài Xiānggǎng dòuliú le sān gè xīngqī hòu, wǒmen qǐchéng qiánwǎng Rìběn.)
(= progress) 进(進)行 (jìnxíng)
⇒ Now, can we move on and discuss productivity.好，让我们进行下一项，讨论生产率问题。 (Hào, ràng wǒmen jìnxíng xià yī xiàng, tǎolùn shēngchǎnlǜ wèntí.)
vt
(= order to move) 命令走开(開) (mìnglìng zǒukāi)
⇒ I used to busk, but I was always being moved on by the police.我以前常在街头卖艺，但警察总是命令我走开。 (Wǒ yǐqián cháng zài jiētóu màiyì, dàn jǐngchá zǒng shì mìnglìng wǒ zǒukāi.)
(= cause to develop) 使有所进(進)展 (shǐ yǒu suǒ jìnzhǎn)
⇒ I think we need to move things on a bit.我认为我们应该使情况略有所进展。 (Wǒ rènwéi wǒmen yīnggāi shǐ qíngkuàng lüè yǒu suǒ jìnzhǎn.)
See move
Seemoving
Nearby words of
move on
move in with
move into
move off
move on
move out
move over
move up
All related terms of 'move on'
move in on
开(開)始参(參)与(與) kǎishǐ cānyù
to be on the move
迁(遷)移中 qiānyí zhōng
to get a move on
( inf ) 快点(點) kuàidiǎn
move
( change position : vehicle ) 行进(進) xíngjìn ⇒ The train began to move. → 火车开始开动了。 Huǒchē kāishǐ kāidòng le. ( person, object ) 动(動) dòng
move up
( on sofa etc ) 靠拢(攏) kàolǒng ⇒ Move up, John, and make room for the lady. → 靠拢点，约翰，给那位女士挪个地方。 Kàolǒngdiǎn, Yuēhàn, gěi nà wèi nǚshì nuó gè dìfang.
move over
( to make room ) 让(讓)开(開)些 ràngkāi xiē ⇒ Move over and let me drive. → 让开些，让我来开车。 Ràngkāi xiē, ràng wǒ lái kāichē.
move out
( of house ) 搬出去 bān chūqù ⇒ The guy that lived there moved out a month ago. → 以前住在那儿的家伙一个月前搬出去了。 Yǐqián zhù zài nàr de jiāhuo yī gè yuè qián bān chūqù le.
move off
( car ) 开(開)走 kāizǒu ⇒ Gil waved his hand and the car moved off. → 吉尔挥了挥手，车开走了。 Jí'ěr huī le huī shǒu, chē kāizǒu le.
move in with
和 ... 同居 hé ... tóngjū ⇒ Her husband had moved in with a younger woman. → 她的丈夫和一个比她年轻的女人同居了。 Tā de zhàngfu hé yī gè bǐ tā niánqīng de nǚrén tóngjū le.
move into
( house, area ) 搬进(進) bānjìn
move in
( into house ) 搬入 bānrù ⇒ The house wasn't ready when she moved in. → 她搬进去的时候房子还没装修好。 Tā bān jìnqù de shíhou fángzi hái méi zhuāngxiū hǎo.