move on

Verb

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.
   • Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67
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.
   • I could never be what she wants of me (won't you tell her?), hey / I'll just pass her by, I don't want to make her cry (won't you tell her?) hey / (Hope she finds a happy home, I think it's best that I move on, hey (hey) / I could never be what she wants of me, hey1974, Eddie Kendricks, “Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need”, in Boogie Down!
3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) 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.
4. To physically move something or someone.
   • The police moved the protestors on.
   • "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied...2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 45
5. (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To assault or attack.