move on

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move on (third-person singular simple present moves on, present participle moving on, simple past and past participle moved on)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue, to proceed, to go on
    After spending the night resting in an abandoned church, the group decided to move on in their quest.
    • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
      Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else.
    The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.
    • 2021, Olivia Rodrigo (lyrics and music), “good 4 u”, in SOUR[1]:
      Well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily / You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks
  3. (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another.
    I think Shane is going to move on my ex tonight.

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