scoot over

Idioms  

1. Move to the side, especially to make room. For example, If you scoot over a little I'll have room to sit down. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Taylor, who is Black American, and Ruiz Taylor, who is Mexican American, smile when remembering how the dirt roads in Section 14 were so narrow that cars had to scoot over to pass each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

I’m already dressed and I’m feeling fly, so I would scoot over to the Anacostia Arts Center and hit Mahogany Books and get a new book.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

I scoot over and gently touch him on his right shoulder.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 23, 2018

It’s all about throwing lanes, and he knows the game so well and so naturally that he can just scoot over and find that throwing lane.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2013

I climbed in first and kept having to scoot over as Rosaleen settled herself by the window.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd