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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : M : move on

move on

Meaning: If you move on, you stop doing one activity and start doing another, or stop discussing one topic and start discussing another.

For example:

  • move on After the instructor showed us how to build up our leg muscles, he moved on to exercises for the arms.

  • move on This topic's been covered now so let's move on to the next topic on the agenda.

Quick Quiz:

After we've covered the history of China, we'll move on to
  1. Japanese history
  2. lunch break
  3. the library

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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