"move about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: moves about [present, singular, third-person], moving about [participle, present], moved about [participle, past], moved about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move about (third-person singular simple present moves about, present participle moving about, simple past and past participle moved about)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To move from place to place. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (move from place to place): siirtää (Finnish), spostarsi (Italian), ori (Maori), circular (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-move_about-en-verb-qFIzk4-m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for move about meaning in English (1.5kB)

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