"on the move" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} on the move (not comparable)
  1. Changing location; in motion. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: on the run Translations (on the move): på flyttefot (Norwegian Bokmål), på flyttefot (Norwegian Nynorsk), с хо́ду (s xódu) (Russian)

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