move over
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Move over means to shift position to make room for someone or something else: Move over so I can sit down.
The phrase extends to yielding one's place or prominence: Old technologies move over when better ones arrive.
It often appears as a command or announcement that something new is displacing the established: Move over, Beatles—here come the Stones.
- budgeShift or relent
- budge upShift to make space
- scootDepart hastily
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- shovePush with force
shift · reposition · make room · make space · yield · shuffle · give · relocate · step aside · make way · clear the way · get out of the way · sidestep · ease up · accommodate · edge · squeeze · relinquish
- motion idiomsin motion, on the go, back and forth, to and fro, up and down
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- changeschange, shift, alter, transformation, modify
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- animal commandswhoa, gee, haw, mush, hike
move overstay put
Remain in place
stand still · hold still · don't move · stay · keep still
move overhold your ground
Refuse to retreat
stand firm · stay put · spread out · dig in · hold fast
move, over, moving, moved, movement, movable, immovable, moves, mover