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false move
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false move and one false move
Fig. [even] a single movement that indicates that one is disobeying an order to remain still or in a nonthreatening posture. The robber threatened to shoot us if we made one false move.
See also: false, move


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However, whatever weaknesses there are in the movie come from a handful of false moves made by Nunez; they're small lapses in tone and presentation, but in a film as delicately natural as this one, they cause noticeable imbalance.
 
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