move out

See also: moveout

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.

   Alright, troops, line up and move out!

2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To vacate one's place of residence or employment.

   Synonym: quit

   We must move out before the end of the month or we'll be paying extra rent.

   • 1977, Billy Joel, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, The Stranger, Columbia Records:

     Who needs a house out in Hackensack?

     Is that all you get for your money?

     ... If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.

Derived terms

• move out to move up

Translations

to vacate one's place of residence

• Catalan: desllogar-se
• Danish: flytte hjemmefra, flytte ud
• French: déménager (fr)
• German: ausziehen (de)
• Polish: wyprowadzać się impf, wyprowadzić się pf
• Portuguese: se mudar
• Russian: съезжа́ть (ru) impf (sʺjezžátʹ), съе́хать (ru) pf (sʺjéxatʹ), выселя́ться (ru) impf (vyseljátʹsja), вы́селиться (ru) pf (výselitʹsja), выезжа́ть (ru) impf (vyjezžátʹ), вы́ехать (ru) pf (výjexatʹ), уезжа́ть (ru) impf (ujezžátʹ), уе́хать (ru) pf (ujéxatʹ)
• Spanish: mudarse de acá, independizarse (es) (from one's parents' home), emanciparse (es) (from one's parents' home)
• Swedish: flytta ut (sv)
• Yiddish: אַרויסקלײַבן זיך (aroysklaybn zikh)

Anagrams

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