to move out

Examples

• All

• We've been trying to get our sons to move out on their own.

• We'll be moving out tomorrow.

  The Postman (1997)

• I first felt successful when I moved out of my parents house.

• Yes, but when I was moving out, it was the same price.

• And I moved out to LA and and started acting school there.

• If you really care about your Japanese friends, encourage them to move out of their country.

  Blog text (12)

• Try to work with them and get them to agree to move out in a reasonable time frame.

  Blog text (9)

• First Battalion will move out at 05:30.

  Paths of Glory (1957)

• Dennis was five, and we stayed here in Columbus while Gene moved out to Dayton and married again after a while.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The landlord told us we had to move out by the end of the month.

Synonyms

T

to take out

vsto move out

∞ 1.9

To remove something from a place or container

is focused on causing a person or thing to leave a location

T

to transfer

vsto move out

681 2.7

To move a person or thing to another place

is specifically about causing someone to leave a location now

S

to shift

vsto move out

657 2.0

Move someone or something from one place to another

stresses causing exit rather than a neutral positional change

E

to evacuate

vsto move out

370 4.1

To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire

is broader, covering any caused departure not only for safety reasons

E

to expel

vsto move out

188 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is a broader caused exit not limited to authority actions

D

to displace

vsto move out

140 5.5

To make a person leave their usual place or job

focuses on causing exit without implying replacement or substitution

R

to relocate

vsto move out

134 3.7

Move to a new place and start living or working there

is about causing immediate leaving, not long term establishment

S

to send away

vsto move out

129 3.0

Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem

is about causing someone to leave any place, not only jobs

D

to drive out

vsto move out

124 3.8

Force someone or something to leave a place

is neutral about how the leaving is achieved

E

to evict

vsto move out

87 4.6

To make someone leave a house or land by court order

covers causing someone to leave in any informal or formal way

D

to drive away

vsto move out

75 3.4

To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away

is direct about causing departure rather than causing discomfort

R

to reassign

vsto move out

62 4.1

Move a person to a different job or place of work within a company

is about making someone leave a place rather than internal moves

C

to cast out

vsto move out

50 6.2

Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them

is about causing exit without the added sense of rejection

E

to eject

vsto move out

47 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

is about causing departure without stressing force or authority

D

to dislodge

vsto move out

29 6.1

To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck

is broader, focusing on causing leaving rather than unsticking

S

to send someone packing

vsto move out

• Informal

24 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

covers caused leaving generally, including polite or neutral cases

B

to boot out

vsto move out

• Informal

20 5.8

Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly

is about causing leaving generally, not specifically abrupt dismissals

R

to resettle

vsto move out

15 4.3

Move to a new place to live when something forces you to leave your home

focuses on causing departure now rather than long term resettlement

R

to rout out

vsto move out

3 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

is more general and not tied to searching or raids

T

to turf out

vsto move out

• UK

1 8.2

Force someone to leave a place or job

is the neutral act of causing someone to leave without tone

K

to kick-out

vsto move out

1 4.0

To force someone to leave a place, group or job

can include voluntary departures as well as forced ones

S

to send packing

vsto move out

• Informal

6.5

To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted

is neutral about tone and may not include rude dismissal

Antonyms

M

to move in

662 1.8

To start living in a new home or office

How Forceful

to force out

72 4.4

to expel

188 5.0

to evict

87 4.6

to move out

472 2.8

to show someone the door

• Informal

14 6.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology