Usually means: Constantly changing or shifting location.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word on the move:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the move: Merriam-Webster
  2. on the move: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on the move: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the move: Wiktionary
  5. on the move: Dictionary.com
  6. On the Move (Nat Adderley album), On the Move (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. on the move: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the move: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (on the move)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Changing location; in motion.

Similar:
moving, active, running, about, shuffly, cursitating, on the lam, hotfoot, caught on the hop, wandering, more...

Opposite:
stationary, immobile, still, motionless

Types:
nomadic, wandering, traveling, itinerant, more...

Phrases:
to be on the move, one always on the move, crowd on the move, always on the move, more...

Adjectives:
moving, ingoing, motive, set, set up, stopgap, open door, mobile, movent, typeset

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Similar:
moving, active, running, about, shuffly, cursitating, on the lam, hotfoot, caught on the hop, wandering, more...

Opposite:
stationary, immobile, still, motionless

Types:
nomadic, wandering, traveling, itinerant, more...

Phrases:
to be on the move, one always on the move, crowd on the move, always on the move, more...

Adjectives:
moving, ingoing, motive, set, set up, stopgap, open door, mobile, movent, typeset



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