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All move on antonyms

move on
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verb move on

  • hinder β€” to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • cease β€” If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • retard β€” to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
  • back down β€” If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • hesitate β€” to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
  • recede β€” to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
  • retreat β€” the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • retrogress β€” to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
  • decrease β€” When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • take back β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • halt β€” to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • hold β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • turn β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • withdraw β€” to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • yield β€” to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • remain β€” to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
  • persevere β€” to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
  • come in β€” If information, a report, or a telephone call comes in, it is received.
  • combine β€” If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
  • wait β€” to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • stay β€” (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • continue β€” If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
  • fill β€” to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • occupy β€” to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • arrive β€” When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
  • join β€” to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
  • come β€” When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
  • linger β€” to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
  • keep to β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • bicker β€” When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
  • argue β€” If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
  • complete β€” You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
  • discontinue β€” to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
  • finish β€” to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • fail β€” to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • lose β€” to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • return β€” to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
  • deteriorate β€” If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
  • back up β€” If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • avoid β€” If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • distance β€” the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • leave β€” to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • miss β€” to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • go away β€” leave!
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
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