MOVE ON

Pronunciation (US):

• MOVE ON (verb)
  The verb MOVE ON has 1 sense:

1. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

  Familiarity information: MOVE ON used as a verb is very rare.

• MOVE ON (verb)

Meaning:

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

advance; march on; move on; progress; go on; pass on

Context example:

Time marches on

Hypernyms (to "move on" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move on"):

forge (move ahead steadily)

rachet up; ratchet; ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only)

edge; inch (advance slowly, as if by inches)

close in; draw in (advance or converge on)

overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)

string; string along (move or come along)

plough on; press on; push on (continue moving forward)

encroach; impinge; infringe (advance beyond the usual limit)

creep up; sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed)

penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)

elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by (pass by)

Sentence frames:

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