Word.ws English Dictionary

moves along

moves along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of move along.

Meaning of move along

Verb

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

  1. To continue without being distracted; to keep going.
    • The soldiers were unmoved but the policeman immediately placed himself between Jimmy and the entrance. 'Good morning, madam. No loitering please. Now move along.'2015, Toby Wilde, The Lost Moons of Venus
    Synonyms:
    move ahead
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To proceed; to make or signify progress.
    • the construction project is moving along
    Synonyms:
    make headway
  3. (broadly, figuratively) To go on to something else.
    • the committee moved along to the next item on the agenda
    Synonyms:
    move on

Questions about moves along

What is moves along the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Moves along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of move along.

Words near moves along in the dictionary

  1. movers
  2. movers and shakers
  3. moves
  4. moves about
  5. moves ahead
  6. moves along
  7. moves an inch
  8. moves around
  9. moves away
  10. moves back
  11. moves down

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moves along (page history and authors); move along (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “moves along.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/moves_along. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.