move over

verb

move in order to make room for someone for something (Freq. 2)

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The park gave way to a supermarket

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`Move over,' he told the crowd

• Syn: ↑give way, ↑give, ↑ease up, ↑yield

• Hypernyms: ↑move

• Verb Group: ↑abandon, ↑give up

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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These cars won't move over

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move over (or aside)

adjust one's position to make room for someone else

Jo motioned to the girls on the couch to move over

■ relinquish a job or leading position, typically because of being superseded by someone or something more competent or important

it's time for the film establishment to move aside and make way for a new generation

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ˌmove ˈover derived

(also ˌmove ˈup) to change your position in order to make room for sb

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There's room for another one if you move up a bit.

Main entry: ↑move_derived