move ahead/along
idiom
1
: to make progress
The project is finally starting to move ahead.
2
: to go on to something else
Let's move along to the next item.
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Merchan rejected both arguments, upholding Trump’s conviction and allowing the case to move ahead toward sentencing Friday.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
The pieces move along a vibrating sieve-like conveyor belt, falling into different buckets depending on their size.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Three days into the crackdown, police had already told him to move along at least three times.
—Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
The couple operated a ranch and built a ferry landing on their property to help slavery escapees move along the Colorado River toward Mexico, according to Ohio State history professor María Esther Hammack.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
The pieces move along a vibrating sieve-like conveyor belt, falling into different buckets depending on their size.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Three days into the crackdown, police had already told him to move along at least three times.
—Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
The couple operated a ranch and built a ferry landing on their property to help slavery escapees move along the Colorado River toward Mexico, according to Ohio State history professor María Esther Hammack.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Move ahead/along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20ahead%2Falong. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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