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moved on

moved on is the simple past and past participle of move on.

Meaning of 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.
  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.
  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.
  5. (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To assault or attack.

Questions about moved on

What is moved on the simple past and past participle of?
Moved on is the simple past and past participle of move on.

Words near moved on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moved on (page history and authors); move on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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