Free Flowing Idioms

  • Get a move on

    To hurry or move quickly.

  • Move along

    To keep moving, not staying in one place.

  • Moved to tears

    Made to cry due to something that elicited overwhelming emotions.

  • Moved within earshot

    To move close enough (to someone) to clearly hear what someone says or does.

  • Move out of the way

    To relocate to a position that is no longer an obstruction, impediment, or annoyance.

  • Move in

    To go into and occupy a house etc.

  • Move the goalposts

    To alter the rules or parameters of a situation in such a way as to suit one’s needs or objectives.

  • Move up in the world

    To elevate or improve one’s social, political, and/or financial position in life; to become more successful than one was before.

  • Move with the times

    To modify or update one’s behaviour or beliefs to reflect what is current.

  • Move heaven and earth

    To do everything that one possibly can.

  • Move in for the kill

    Literally, to approach someone or something with the intent of killing it.

  • The spirit moves (one)

    One feels inclined or compelled to do something.

  • A false move

    An action that threatens to worsen an already precarious situation.

  • Move the deckchairs on the titanic

    To partake in or undertake some task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome.

  • To move the needle

    To cause a noticeable change in something.

  • Make a move on (one)

    To attempt to attract one romantically.

  • Make the first move

    To initiate an interaction or sequence of events before another person

  • Move mountains

    To do or achieve something that is incredibly difficult.

  • Move through the gears

    To steadily increase one’s momentum, as of speed, intensity, progress, or success.

  • Not move a muscle

    To not move at all; to stay completely still.

  • On the move

    Moving from place to place.