If you move out, you stop living in a particular house or place and go to live somewhere else.
The harassment had become too much to tolerate and he decided to move out. [VERBPARTICLE]
They had a huge row and Sally moved out of the house. [VERBPARTICLE + of]
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move out in British English
verb
(adverb)
to vacate a residence, place of business, etc, or help (someone) to do this
Examples of 'move out' in a sentence
move out
I'm hoping to find somewhere to rent soon...' She tries to move out of the hall with Martha hanging on to her.
Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
We were still living with Kaye and Hubert, and I felt the time had come for us to move out.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004)
Chinese translation of 'move out'
move out
vi
(of house) 搬出去 (bān chūqù)
⇒ The guy that lived there moved out a month ago.以前住在那儿的家伙一个月前搬出去了。 (Yǐqián zhù zài nàr de jiāhuo yī gè yuè qián bān chūqù le.)
See move
Nearby words of
move out
move into
move off
move on
move out
move over
move up
movement
All related terms of 'move out'
move up
( on sofa etc ) 靠拢(攏) kàolǒng ⇒ Move up, John, and make room for the lady. → 靠拢点，约翰，给那位女士挪个地方。 Kàolǒngdiǎn, Yuēhàn, gěi nà wèi nǚshì nuó gè dìfang.
move over
( to make room ) 让(讓)开(開)些 ràngkāi xiē ⇒ Move over and let me drive. → 让开些，让我来开车。 Ràngkāi xiē, ràng wǒ lái kāichē.
move on
( leave ) 启(啟)程前往 qǐchéng qiánwǎng ⇒ After three weeks in Hong Kong, we moved on to Japan. → 在香港逗留了3个星期后，我们启程前往日本。 Zài Xiānggǎng dòuliú le sān gè xīngqī hòu, wǒmen qǐchéng qiánwǎng Rìběn.
move off
( car ) 开(開)走 kāizǒu ⇒ Gil waved his hand and the car moved off. → 吉尔挥了挥手，车开走了。 Jí'ěr huī le huī shǒu, chē kāizǒu le.
move in with
和 ... 同居 hé ... tóngjū ⇒ Her husband had moved in with a younger woman. → 她的丈夫和一个比她年轻的女人同居了。 Tā de zhàngfu hé yī gè bǐ tā niánqīng de nǚrén tóngjū le.
move into
( house, area ) 搬进(進) bānjìn
move in on
开(開)始参(參)与(與) kǎishǐ cānyù
move in
( into house ) 搬入 bānrù ⇒ The house wasn't ready when she moved in. → 她搬进去的时候房子还没装修好。 Tā bān jìnqù de shíhou fángzi hái méi zhuāngxiū hǎo.