move on

move on

Verb

1. to leave one place in order to go elsewhere: we spent three days in Perth before moving on towards Inverness

2. to order (someone) to leave and go elsewhere: we were moved on by the police

3. to finish one thing and turn one's attention to something else: can we move on to the next question?

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

move on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" advance, march on, progress, pass on, go on go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" forge - move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead" penetrate - make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest" creep up, sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you" encroach, impinge, infringe - advance beyond the usual limit plough on, press on, push on - continue moving forward string along, string - move or come along overhaul, overtake, pass - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" close in, draw in - advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him" edge, inch - advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"