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moving off

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

Meaning of move off

Verb

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

  1. To start moving.
    • Driver Cerr spent so long complaining to us about the quality of the coal that we had barely time to get into coach No. 51, the oldest type of third-class six-wheeler, as we moved off.1950 April, Two Belfast Correspondents, “The Last Days of the Belfast and County Down Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 267

Questions about moving off

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

Words near moving off in the dictionary

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

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