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moving back

moving back is the present participle and gerund 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 moving back

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

Words near moving back in the dictionary

  1. moving an inch
  2. moving around
  3. moving average
  4. moving averages
  5. moving away
  6. moving back
  7. moving box
  8. moving boxes
  9. moving chicane
  10. moving chicanes
  11. moving down

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