move out

verb

To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.

“Alright, troops, line up and move out!”

Similar
quitvacatetake outremove
Opposite
move in
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Meanings

verbmove out (third-person singular simple present moves out, present participle moving out, simple past and past participle moved out)

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

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.

    Alright, troops, line up and move out!

  2. idiomaticintransitiveTo vacate one's place of residence or employment.

    We must move out before the end of the month or we'll be paying extra rent.

    2 more examples

    Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money? ... If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.

    1977, Billy Joel, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, The Stranger, Columbia Records

    Darlene had recently caught Shaylene smoking marijuana, and the resulting tension prompted her daughter to move out and stay with a friend for weeks.

    2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026

    Synonyms: quit, vacate · Antonyms: move in

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo vacate one's place of residence or employment.

Similar
quitvacate
Opposite
move in

More synonyms by meaning

verbcause to leave

Similar
take outremove
Broader
inducestimulatecause

verbmove out of one's old house or office

Opposite
move in
Broader
move
Also see
removetake out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan desllogar-se
  • desllogar-seto vacate one's place of residence
Danish flytte hjemmefra, flytte ud
  • flytte hjemmefrato vacate one's place of residence
  • flytte udto vacate one's place of residence
French déménager
  • déménagerto vacate one's place of residence
German ausziehen
  • ausziehento vacate one's place of residence
Polish wyprowadzać się, wyprowadzić się
  • wyprowadzać sięto vacate one's place of residence
  • wyprowadzić sięto vacate one's place of residence
Portuguese se mudar
  • se mudarto vacate one's place of residence
Russian съезжа́ть, съе́хать
  • съезжа́ть (sʺjezžátʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
  • съе́хать (sʺjéxatʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
  • выселя́ться (vyseljátʹsja)to vacate one's place of residence
  • вы́селиться (výselitʹsja)to vacate one's place of residence
  • выезжа́ть (vyjezžátʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
  • вы́ехать (výjexatʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
  • уезжа́ть (ujezžátʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
  • уе́хать (ujéxatʹ)to vacate one's place of residence
Spanish mudarse de acá, independizarse
  • mudarse de acáto vacate one's place of residence
  • independizarseto vacate one's place of residence
  • emanciparseto vacate one's place of residence
Swedish flytta ut
  • flytta utto vacate one's place of residence
Turkish evden çıkmak, evi boşaltmak
  • evden çıkmakto vacate one's place of residence
  • evi boşaltmakto vacate one's place of residence
  • taşınmakto vacate one's place of residence
Yiddish אַרויסקלײַבן זיך
  • אַרויסקלײַבן זיך (aroysklaybn zikh)to vacate one's place of residence
Cite this entry
APA

move out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20out

MLA

“move out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “move out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20out.

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