move out
See also: moveout
English
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]move out (third-person singular simple present moves out, present participle moving out, simple past and past participle moved out)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
- Alright, troops, line up and move out!
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To vacate one's place of residence or employment.
- Synonyms: quit, vacate
- Antonym: move in
- 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.
- 2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring[1], archived from the original on 6 August 2026:
- Darlene had recently caught Shaylene smoking marijuana, and the resulting tension prompted her daughter to move out and stay with a friend for weeks.
Derived terms
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[edit]to vacate one's place of residence
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