Usually means: Progress beyond a previous state.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word move on:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. move on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. move on: Merriam-Webster
  3. move on, move on, move on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. move on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. move on: Vocabulary.com
  6. Move-On, Move-on: Wordnik
  7. move on: Wiktionary
  8. move on: Dictionary.com
  9. Move On (ABBA song), Move On (David Bowie song), Move On (David Jordan song), Move On (Desperate Housewives), Move On, Move on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. move on: Rhymezone
  11. move on: FreeDictionary.org
  12. move on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. move on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. move-on: Wordnik
  15. move on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Dictionary of Management Jargon (No longer online)
  3. Move On (Desperate Housewives episode), move on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. move on: Encyclopedia

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

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  2. move on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (move on)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue, to proceed, to go on
▸ verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another.

Similar:
go on, pass on, march on, advance, progress, move along, move ahead, keep it moving, roll on, continue on one's merry way, more...

Opposite:
regress, retrogress, backslide

Phrases:
move in on, get a move on, make a move on, gets a move on, getting a move on, more...

Adjectives:
put up, hold, go, halt, pan, tarry, stay, stick, passing, stand-up

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Similar:
go on, pass on, march on, advance, progress, move along, move ahead, keep it moving, roll on, continue on one's merry way, more...

Opposite:
regress, retrogress, backslide

Phrases:
move in on, get a move on, make a move on, gets a move on, getting a move on, got a move on, made a move on, makes a move on, making a move on, make a move on someone, Move On Up, gotta move on, to move on, more...

Adjectives:
put up, hold, go, halt, pan, tarry, stay, stick, passing, stand-up



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