Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.

    My dad was in the military, so we used to move around.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, around.

More definitions
  • pass to the other side of
  • travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

Examples

98 sentences
  1. My family moved around a lot.

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  2. Tom heard someone moving around in the next room.

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  3. I could hear someone moving around in the kitchen.

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  4. Do you hear someone moving around in the next room?

    ruКто-то ходит по соседней комнате, слышишь?

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  5. My family moved around a lot when I was a young.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

moves around, moving around, moved around, moved around
Base formmove around · to move around
3rd person singularmoves around
Present participlemoving around
Past simplemoved around
Past participlemoved around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymove around
he, she, itmoves around

Past simpleLesson

all personsmoved around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave moved around
he, she, ithas moved around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill move around

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • pass to the other side of:turn
  • travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge:travel

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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