MOVE IN


Meaning of MOVE IN in English

1.

When you ~ somewhere, you begin to live there as your home.

Her house was in perfect order when she moved in...

Her husband had moved in with a younger woman...

We’d been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should ~ together.

? move out

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P with n, V P together

2.

If police, soldiers, or attackers ~, they go towards a place or person in order to deal with or attack them.

Police moved in to disperse the crowd...

Forces were moving in on the town of Knin.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P on n

3.

If someone moves in on an area of activity which was previously only done by a particular group of people, they start becoming involved with it for the first time.

These black models are moving in on what was previously white territory: the lucrative cosmetic contracts.

PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, also V P

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