move onverb

• 1

  To continue; to proceed; to go on.

  • After spending the night resting in an abandoned church, the group decided to move on in their quest.
  • Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.
• 2

  To start dealing with something else.

  • The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.
  • I could never be what she wants of me (won't you tell her?), hey / I'll just pass her by, I don't want to make her cry (won't you tell her?) hey / (Hope she finds a happy home, I think it's best that I move on, hey (hey) / I could never be what she wants of me, hey
• 3

  informalTo attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another.

  • I think Shane is going to move on my ex tonight.
• 4

  To physically move something or someone.

  • The police moved the protestors on.
  • "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied, vandalised - and so the onus really is to move them on.
• 5

  To assault or attack.