move to
idiom
1
: to cause (someone) to feel (an emotion and especially sadness or sympathy)
He's not easily moved to anger.
2
: to cause (someone) to act or think in a specified way
The report moved me to change my mind.
His arguments moved them to reconsider the plan.
I felt moved to speak.
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Finally, the House will then move to a vote on final passage.
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Always a brilliant finisher, her move to Barcelona has turned her into more of an all-rounder, comfortable at linking play and creating space for others to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Getty Images Trump Becomes a War President The move to send American troops into Iranian airspace to drop 30,000-lb. bombs on its soil represents an extraordinary ramping up of tensions between Iran and the West, and nothing less than a reordering of American foreign policy.
—Carlo Versano
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Ware was an All-Rookie second-team selection after averaging nearly a double-double after the All-Star break while allowing Bam Adebayo to move to power forward.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Always a brilliant finisher, her move to Barcelona has turned her into more of an all-rounder, comfortable at linking play and creating space for others to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Getty Images Trump Becomes a War President The move to send American troops into Iranian airspace to drop 30,000-lb. bombs on its soil represents an extraordinary ramping up of tensions between Iran and the West, and nothing less than a reordering of American foreign policy.
—Carlo Versano
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Ware was an All-Rookie second-team selection after averaging nearly a double-double after the All-Star break while allowing Bam Adebayo to move to power forward.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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“Move to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20to. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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