move ahead/along
idiom
1
: to make progress
The project is finally starting to move ahead.
2
: to go on to something else
Let's move along to the next item.
Examples of move ahead/along in a Sentence
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If Republicans move ahead with political amendments or measures that weaken the bill, known as poison pills, the minority party won't provide the votes when Johnson needs them, according to roughly a dozen Democrats familiar with the situation.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
With Booker out of the lineup, the Suns suffered a 118-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, allowing Sacramento to move ahead of Phoenix for the No. 6 seed in the West.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
At the moment, only one tax measure is definitely on the ballot, and there’s lots of discussion and some private polling taking place about whether the other two also should move ahead.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
In June, Herron revealed that the couple decided to move ahead with the next step in trying to grow their family after a long IVF journey.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
And his team has been clear about the fact that Trump is ready to move ahead without the blessing of the business community.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The governor also promised to focus on infrastructure projects such as building the Sites Reservoir and vowed to move ahead with the Delta Conveyance Project, a tunnel the state has proposed for decades to carry water beneath Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, Netanyahu has done plenty of talking himself -- defiantly rejecting Biden's demands and vowing to move ahead with the operation in a public address to members of his government, and even meeting virtually with Senate Republicans to discuss the state of the conflict in Gaza.
—Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
The company received a greenlight from the US Food and Drug Administration last year to move ahead with an initial human trial and began recruiting paralyzed participants in the fall to test the device.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
With Booker out of the lineup, the Suns suffered a 118-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, allowing Sacramento to move ahead of Phoenix for the No. 6 seed in the West.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
At the moment, only one tax measure is definitely on the ballot, and there’s lots of discussion and some private polling taking place about whether the other two also should move ahead.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
In June, Herron revealed that the couple decided to move ahead with the next step in trying to grow their family after a long IVF journey.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
And his team has been clear about the fact that Trump is ready to move ahead without the blessing of the business community.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The governor also promised to focus on infrastructure projects such as building the Sites Reservoir and vowed to move ahead with the Delta Conveyance Project, a tunnel the state has proposed for decades to carry water beneath Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, Netanyahu has done plenty of talking himself -- defiantly rejecting Biden's demands and vowing to move ahead with the operation in a public address to members of his government, and even meeting virtually with Senate Republicans to discuss the state of the conflict in Gaza.
—Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
The company received a greenlight from the US Food and Drug Administration last year to move ahead with an initial human trial and began recruiting paralyzed participants in the fall to test the device.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Move ahead/along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20ahead%2Falong. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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