move on
phrasal verb
moved on; moving on; moves on
: to go on to a different place, subject, activity, etc.
Let's put that issue aside and move on.
We should move on to the next item on the list.
After 10 years working for one company, she felt it was time to move on to a new job.
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Austin cold front brings strong winds, damage With gusts reaching up to 59 mph, howling winds have mostly moved on, with conditions returning to normal in Austin ahead of anticipated winter weather next week.
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Lutnick, meanwhile, moved on, finding another company like Trump’s, Rumble, which had a MAGA-friendly knockoff of YouTube instead of Twitter.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Reneé Rapp’s Leighton has officially moved on from Essex, leaving her friends Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Bela (Amrit Kaur) and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) to pick up the pieces and figure out how the dynamics of the group will work out with one less member.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2024
But unlike his business ideas, the world has moved on without him, and Dan has turned Bonus Life into a successful supplement start-up, making it into the top 30 under 30 list of young entrepreneurs overnight – living the life Moritz always wanted.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Lutnick, meanwhile, moved on, finding another company like Trump’s, Rumble, which had a MAGA-friendly knockoff of YouTube instead of Twitter.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Reneé Rapp’s Leighton has officially moved on from Essex, leaving her friends Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Bela (Amrit Kaur) and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) to pick up the pieces and figure out how the dynamics of the group will work out with one less member.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2024
But unlike his business ideas, the world has moved on without him, and Dan has turned Bonus Life into a successful supplement start-up, making it into the top 30 under 30 list of young entrepreneurs overnight – living the life Moritz always wanted.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Move on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20on. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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