move in

present singular third person moves in · participle present moving in · participle past moved in · past moved in

1. intransitiveTo start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.

   We move in to our new place in August.

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   Those two moved in together when they got engaged.

   We are still moving in, so the house doesn't feel like home yet.

   Antonyms: move out

2. transitiveTo bring to a new place to live.

   I moved my mom in when she got sick.

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   "Oh yeah, what if I just moved you in so I could have sex with you every time I wanted to?"

   2009, Henri Jah Marquis, Betrayal in the Bayou, page 61

3. intransitiveTo move closer.

   The lions moved in for the kill.

4. intransitiveTo attempt to take control (of something) forcibly.

   Troops will move in if the civil unrest continues.

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   Regulatory officials may move in on the company soon.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, in.