"move around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: moves around [present, singular, third-person], moving around [participle, present], moved around [participle, past], moved around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move around (third-person singular simple present moves around, present participle moving around, simple past and past participle moved around)
  1. (intransitive) To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-move_around-en-verb-I6z1uaZ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, around.
    Sense id: en-move_around-en-verb-Mx27kZhB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations ((literal)): przemieszczać się [imperfective] (Polish), przemieścić się [perfective] (Polish), movilizarse (Spanish)
Disambiguation of '(literal)': 0 0

Inflected forms

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