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moving around

moving around is the present participle and gerund of move around.

Meaning of move around

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.
    • My dad was in the military, so we used to move around.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, around.

Questions about moving around

What is moving around the present participle and gerund of?
Moving around is the present participle and gerund of move around.

Words near moving around in the dictionary

  1. moving
  2. moving about
  3. moving ahead
  4. moving along
  5. moving an inch
  6. moving around
  7. moving average
  8. moving averages
  9. moving away
  10. moving back
  11. moving box

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