move on

British  

verb

1. to go or cause (someone) to leave somewhere

2. (intr) to progress; evolve

   football has moved on since then

3. (intr) to put a difficult experience behind one and progress mentally or emotionally

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move on Idioms  

1. Continue moving or progressing; also go away. For example, It's time we moved on to the next item on the agenda, or The police ordered the spectators to move on. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The Braves move on in pool C to host Sierra Canyon on Friday as part of a 16-team tournament with four pools.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Then we can move on to whether your husband should claim earlier or later.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

It’s full of sympathetic emails from New Yorkers telling me not to worry, that everyone gets it wrong sometimes, and I should shake it off and move on.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

More recently, TotalEnergies announced it could no longer commit to its 2050 carbon neutrality target, stressing the world was not yet ready to move on from oil.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

It’s like when you move on to sixth grade, you can’t go back to fifth.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Related Words

• abandon
• blast off
• disappear
• escape
• evacuate
• exit
• go
• pull out
• quit
• remove
• retire
• vacate
• withdraw