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move off

move off verb: to start moving.

Verb

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

  1. To start moving.
    • Driver Cerr spent so long complaining to us about the quality of the coal that we had barely time to get into coach No. 51, the oldest type of third-class six-wheeler, as we moved off.1950 April, Two Belfast Correspondents, “The Last Days of the Belfast and County Down Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 267
    • When the large handwheel seen in the illustration of a 68000 class cab is moved from "stop" to "run", the traction circuit contactors are closed and the locomotive moves off with the diesel engine running at idling speed.1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 336

Forms of move off

third-person singular presentmoves off
present participlemoving off
past participlemoved off
pastmoved off

Questions about move off

What does move off mean?
Move off means to start moving.
What part of speech is move off?
Move off is a verb.
What is the past tense of move off?
The past tense of move off is moved off.

Words near move off in the dictionary

  1. move in on
  2. move into
  3. move it
  4. move it or lose it
  5. move mountains
  6. move off
  7. move on
  8. move one's body
  9. move one's bowels
  10. move out
  11. move out to move up

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