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move out

(from under someone or something) Go to out (from under someone or something).

See also: move, out

move out

 (of some place)

1. to leave a place; to leave; to begin to depart. (Especially in reference to a large number of persons or things.) The crowd started to move out of the area about midnight. They had moved out by one o'clock.

2. to leave a place of residence permanently. We didn't like the neighborhood, so we moved out of it. We moved out because we were unhappy.

See also: move, out

move someone or something out

(of some place) to cause someone to depart or leave; to carry someone or something out of a place. Move those people out of here. They are crowding up the room. Please move all that stuff out.

See also: move, out

move out

v.

1. To begin to leave: This cold weather is finally moving out. The troops will move out at dawn.

2. To stop occupying a residence or place of business and go elsewhere: She bought a new house up the street, and she's moving out of her apartment this weekend.

3. Slang To move extremely quickly: I couldn't catch that thief running down the street—he was really moving out!

See also: move, out