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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There’s a chance the Yankees decide to move on from the 35-year-old first baseman who missed a bulk of the 2024 season with a fractured right forearm. —

Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Wisconsinites were eager to move on from the damage and embarrassment brought about by their state’s starring role in promulgating the Red Scare that had ruined many lives. —

Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024 Anna Kendrick moved on to date fellow comedian Bill Hader. —

Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2024 Still, as Baldwin makes more steps back into the spotlight with a recent stint on SNL, Morrissey’s appeal of this latest ruling might not make much of a difference in the case that everyone but the special prosecutor seems to have moved on from. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for move on