move along
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]move along (third-person singular simple present moves along, present participle moving along, simple past and past participle moved along)
- to continue without being distracted; to keep going
- 2015, Toby Wilde, The Lost Moons of Venus:
- The soldiers were unmoved but the policeman immediately placed himself between Jimmy and the entrance. 'Good morning, madam. No loitering please. Now move along.'
- (figurative, by extension) to proceed; to make or signify progress
- the construction project is moving along
- (figurative, by extension) to go on to something else
- the committee moved along to the next item on the agenda
Synonyms
[edit]- (all senses): move ahead
- (make progress): make headway
- (go on to something else): move on