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

Recent Examples on the Web

Rea has largely been in mop-up duty since moving out of the rotation. — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

While his fiancée was moved out of the country, Khork was among a few dozen specialists moved to a tactical operations center at the Port of Shuaiba. — Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

So the idea of the setting actually moving out West isn’t too far-fetched. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

But in the absence of that, the regulators will move out on a pretty bold program of different rulemakings within their authorities. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for move out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout