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Definitions of
move on
verb
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
synonyms:
advance
,
go on
,
march on
,
pass on
,
progress
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Antonyms:
draw back
,
move back
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
withdraw
pull back or move away or backward
back away
,
back out
,
crawfish
,
crawfish out
,
pull back
,
pull in one's horns
,
retreat
,
withdraw
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
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forge
move ahead steadily
penetrate
make one's way deeper into or through
creep up
,
sneak up
advance stealthily or unnoticed
encroach
,
impinge
,
infringe
advance beyond the usual limit
plough on
,
press on
,
push on
continue moving forward
string
,
string along
move or come along
overhaul
,
overtake
,
pass
travel past
close in
,
draw in
advance or converge on
edge
,
inch
advance slowly, as if by inches
rachet up
,
ratchet
,
ratchet down
move by degrees in one direction only
elapse
,
glide by
,
go along
,
go by
,
lapse
,
pass
,
slide by
,
slip away
,
slip by
pass by
get by
pass or move in front of
fell
,
fly
,
vanish
pass away rapidly
clear
,
top
pass by, over, or under without making contact
type of:
go
,
locomote
,
move
,
travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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