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

“He’ll tell me to scoot over and stuff like that,” Freeman said.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

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

Either guilt or embarrassment forced me to my feet, and she mumbled her thanks and pushed in beside Jane and Guylinda, who woke just long enough to marginally scoot over for her.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam