All move on antonyms
move on
M m 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.