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Move and particles

The verb 'to move' is widely used on its own but, when linked with other words, it can take on a wide variety of subtly different meanings, some of which are explored here.

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1. The company's Chief Executive had moved inawayabout quite a bit during the course of his career.
2. The policeman asked the busker to move upaboutalong as he was obstructing the underpass.
3. I moved awaydownforward from my home town when I went to university.
4. The retired couple finally moved offalongback to their home town but it wasn't the same.
5. The guard asked everybody to move offdownover the carriage to make room for other passengers.
6. Finally, as the battle seemed to be won, the whole army moved forwardondown .
7. When the police had surrounded the house they moved inupabout to arrest the suspects.
8. The royal procession moved overoffalong with great pomp.
9. The travellers moved ondownup reluctantly after the protests of the townspeople.
10. I had to move awayalongover in bed when our first grandchild climbed in.
11. I finally had to move offouton when the third grandchild joined the first two.
12. Winning the game at the weekend enabled the team to move upindown three positions in the league.

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