move on

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To move on is to leave the past behind and continue with your life. Not forgetting — carrying on.

The emotional sense is the commonest, and telling somebody it is time to move on is either kind or brutal depending entirely on the timing. There is a plain physical sense too, since police move people on and a traveller moves on to the next place. And in a discussion, moving on to the next item is what a chairman says to end an argument nobody is going to win.

Definitions of move on

1phrasemove onTo put a difficult experience behind you and continue.B2
“It took her two years to move on properly.”
2phraseproceedTo proceed to the next place or topic.B2
“Let us move on to the next question.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 4 of A Man Called Ove.

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move on

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To move on is to leave the past behind and continue with your life. Not forgetting — carrying on.

Definitions of move on

1phrasemove onTo put a difficult experience behind you and continue.B2
“It took her two years to move on properly.”
2phraseproceedTo proceed to the next place or topic.B2
“Let us move on to the next question.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 4 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word