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Definition of Move on
1. Verb. Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. "The water move ons "; "Time marches on"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Forge, Penetrate, Creep Up, Sneak Up, Encroach, Impinge, Infringe, Plough On, Press On, Push On, String, String Along, Overhaul, Overtake, Pass, Close In, Draw In, Edge, Inch, Rachet Up, Ratchet, Ratchet Down, Elapse, Glide By, Go Along, Go By, Lapse, Pass, Slide By, Slip Away, Slip By
Derivative terms: Advance, Advance, Advancement, Advancer, Progress, Progress, Progression
Antonyms: Recede
Definition of Move on
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To leave somewhere for another place. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To start dealing with something else. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Move On
Literary usage of Move on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"General Rosecrans was to move on the south side of the railroad to opposite luka,
and attack from that side with all his available force, after leaving a ..."
2. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"To find the locus of the vertex of a triangle whose three sides touch a conic U
and two of whose vertices move on another conic V. We have slightly altered ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Upton was directed to move on the Hange Line road, sending a squadron on
the Burnsville road. ..."
4. Bugle-echoes: A Collection of Poems of the Civil War, Northern and Southern by Francis Fisher Browne (1886)
"MOVE on the columns! Why delay ? The summer heats, the autumn damps, ... move on
the columns ! Hesitate No longer what to plan or do: Our cause is good—our ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The three elements of success possessed by Arianism reappear in Lutheranism and
cause these two great religious upheavals to move on almost parallel Unes. ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"General Rosecrans was to move on the south side of the railroad to opposite luka,
and attack from that side with all his available force, after leaving a ..."
7. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"To find the locus of the vertex of a triangle whose three sides touch a conic U
and two of whose vertices move on another conic V. We have slightly altered ..."
8. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Upton was directed to move on the Hange Line road, sending a squadron on
the Burnsville road. ..."
9. Bugle-echoes: A Collection of Poems of the Civil War, Northern and Southern by Francis Fisher Browne (1886)
"MOVE on the columns! Why delay ? The summer heats, the autumn damps, ... move on
the columns ! Hesitate No longer what to plan or do: Our cause is good—our ..."
10. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The three elements of success possessed by Arianism reappear in Lutheranism and
cause these two great religious upheavals to move on almost parallel Unes. ..."
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