"move off" meaning in English

See move off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: moves off [present, singular, third-person], moving off [participle, present], moved off [participle, past], moved off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|moves off|moving off|moved off}} move off (third-person singular simple present moves off, present participle moving off, simple past and past participle moved off)
  1. (of a vehicle) To start moving.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1950 April, Two Belfast Correspondents, “The Last Days of the Belfast and County Down Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 267:",
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        {
          "ref": "1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 336:",
          "text": "When the large handwheel seen in the illustration of a 68000 class cab is moved from \"stop\" to \"run\", the traction circuit contactors are closed and the locomotive moves off with the diesel engine running at idling speed.",
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        "To start moving."
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        "(of a vehicle) To start moving."
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