move over

move over

Verb

1. to change one's position in order to make room for someone else: if you moved over there'd be room for us both on the couch

2. to leave one's job so that someone else can have it: she decided to move over to let someone younger onto the board

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

move over - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" ease up, give way, yield, give abandon, give up - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"