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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 inaboutawayI don't know quite a bit during the course of his career.

2. The policeman asked the busker to move aboutalongupI don't know as he was obstructing the underpass.

3. I moved awayforwarddownI don't know from my home town when I went to university.

4. The retired couple finally moved alongoffbackI don't know to their home town but it wasn't the same.

5. The guard asked everybody to move offdownoverI don't know the carriage to make room for other passengers.

6. Finally, as the battle seemed to be won, the whole army moved forwarddownonI don't know .

7. When the police had surrounded the house they moved inaboutupI don't know to arrest the suspects.

8. The royal procession moved offoveralongI don't know with great pomp.

9. The travellers moved onupdownI don't know reluctantly after the protests of the townspeople.

10. I had to move awayalongoverI don't know in bed when our first grandchild climbed in.

11. I finally had to move onoffoutI don't know when the third grandchild joined the first two.

12. Winning the game at the weekend enabled the team to move downupinI don't know three positions in the league.