move out

verb

moved out; moving out; moves out

intransitive verb

1
: to leave one's residence to live somewhere else
moved out of his parents' house and into an apartment
2
: to start away from some point or place
told the troops it was time to move out

Examples of move out in a Sentence

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Officers said Marvin repeatedly refused instructions to move out of the robot's path. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 What matters for the trade is what happens once the same recursion moves out of engineering and into every other function. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 As the week’s weather system moves out, high pressure was expected to build behind it, bringing drier air and gusty winds. — Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Forest moved out of the drop zone and into 16th place; Ipswich climbed one place into ninth. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for move out

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of move out was in 1792

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“Move out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20out. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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