move up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] Queeg was obtaining a command for which he was rather young. “They’re moving you fellows up now pretty fast.”"
- "We were moved up a grade because our teachers thought we country children would make our classmates feel inferior―and we did."
- "The meeting was moved up to Tuesday."
- "“She’s upset she has to walk me down the aisle,” Serena told Maggie. “Oh if only your uncle Maynard would come and do it instead!” Anita cried. “Maybe we should move the wedding up a week and give him another chance […]”"
- "Can you move up to the next seat so we can sit together, please?"
- ""It's hard to articulate how tightly packed we have become accustomed to - [...] 'Move up, we need to get one more in.' The only picture I can paint is that it is often not possible to reach into my jacket pocket to retrieve my mobile phone, because I cannot raise my arms. Sardines enjoy more space.""
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage
- Intransitive verb