MOVE ALONG


Meaning of MOVE ALONG in English

1.

If someone, especially a police officer, tells you to ~, or if they move you along, they tell you to stop standing in a particular place and to go somewhere else.

Curious pedestrians were ordered to ~...

Our officers are moving them along and not allowing them to gather in large groups.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P, also V P n (not pron)

2.

If a process moves along or if something moves it along, it progresses.

Research tends to ~ at a slow but orderly pace...

Delay is part of the normal process, but I hope we can move things along.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P

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