move forward
Continue toward goal
Move forward means to advance or progress, either physically or figuratively.
You can move forward through a crowd, or move forward with plans after a setback.
The phrase often implies leaving something behind—past difficulties, old ways of doing things: It's time to move forward and stop dwelling on what happened.
In meetings and emails, let's move forward has become business-speak for proceeding to the next step.
Move or progress forward
- proceedMove forward, continue
- continueGo on without stopping
- progressionSequential forward movement
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
onward · ahead · further · develop · evolve · headway · stride · breakthrough
Foot movement forward
- walkTravel on foot
- proceedMove forward, continue
- marchRhythmic group walk
- strideExtended single footstep
advance · approach · locomotion · gait · pace · traverse · cross · trek
advance
Move or progress forward
- proceedMove forward, continue
- continueGo on without stopping
- progressionSequential forward movement
momentum · onward · ahead · further · develop · evolve · headway · stride · breakthrough · gain
step
Foot movement forward
stride · advance · approach · locomotion · gait · pace · traverse · cross · trek · journey
push
Force something away
plunge · pursue · persevere · persist · resolve · tenacity · grit · ambition · hustle · strive
shift
Movement or work period
- transitionChange from one state
- changeTo make different
- pivotPoint of rotation
navigate · adapt · transform · redirect · realign · reposition · migrate · switch · convert · passage
- motion idiomsin motion, on the go, keep moving, get moving, back and forth
- progress wordsadvance, progress, improve, grow, develop
- pep talkskeep going, you got this, hang in there, keep pushing, believe in yourself
- advanceadvance, proceed, progress, forge ahead, go ahead
- self-improvementpersonal growth, self-help books, focus, self-improvement, personal development
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
move forwardstand still
Cease all movement
stay put · stop · halt · freeze · hold position
move forwardregress
Revert to earlier state
fall behind · decline · lose ground · deteriorate · backslide
move, forward, movement, advanced, forwards, forwarded, forwarding, forwardness, forwarder