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moves back

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

Meaning of move back

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, back.
    • If you are at a zoo, and a monkey climbs up high in the bars and sticks his thing through the bars, you should move away from the monkey cage. Move in an orderly fashion- don't push, don't rush, don't make it like a Who concert in Ohio. Just move back nice and slow and easy, because that monkey may...2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, 27:27 from the start, in Penn Radio
  2. (US, transitive) To reschedule (something) to a later date or time.
    • The report still hasn't been completed, so the meeting will have to be moved back again.
    Synonyms:
    postpone

Questions about moves back

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

Words near moves back in the dictionary

  1. moves ahead
  2. moves along
  3. moves an inch
  4. moves around
  5. moves away
  6. moves back
  7. moves down
  8. moves down a notch
  9. moves down a peg
  10. moves forward
  11. moves furniture

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