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

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In Gentle Monster, Lucy and Philip move out of Munich to the countryside at the latter’s request, for a change of pace. David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Authority moved out of the technology function faster than the accounting discipline followed it, and the measurement gap is the bill for that. Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Like cannabis before it, microdosing has moved out of the corners of niche subculture into the wellness mainstream. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026 Many employees assume moving out of state before selling automatically eliminates California tax. Anastasia Atamanchuk, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for move out

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“Move out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20out. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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