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(I'd) better get moving.

Inf. an expression announcing the need to depart. Jane: It's nearly dark. Better get moving. Mary: Okay. See you later. Bob: I'm off. Good night. Bill: Look at the time! I'd better get moving too.

See also: better, get

(I've) got to get moving.

I have to leave right now. (See also (I) have to shove off for other possible variations.) Tom: Time to go. Got to get moving. Sally: Bye, Tom. Mary: It's late and I've got to get moving. Sue: Well, if you must, okay. Come again sometime. Mary: Bye.

See also: get, got

(I) have to be moving along. and (I) have to move along.

It is time for me to leave. Bill: Bye, now. Have to be movingalong. Sally: See you later. Rachel: I have to be moving along. See you later. Andrew: Bye, now. Sally: It's late. I have to move along. Mary: If you must. Good-bye. See you tomorrow.

See also: along, have

(You'd) better get moving.

an expression encouraging someone to leave. Jane: It's nearly dark. Better get moving. Mary: Okay. I'm leaving right now. Bob: I'm off. Good night. Bill: Yes, it's late. You'd better get moving.

See also: better, get

get moving

to get busy; to get started; to work harder or faster. Come on, every body. Get moving! The director is coming. You had better get moving.

See also: get

Moving three times is as bad as a fire.

Prov. If you move your household three times, you will lose or damage as many things as a fire in your house would have destroyed or damaged. Fred: The company is transferring me again. Ellen: But we can't make another move! Moving three times is as bad as a fire.

See also: bad, fire, three, times

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the moving spirit  (literary)

someone who starts an important organization or course of action (often + behind ) Born in Nkroful, Ghana, he was the moving spirit behind the Charter of African States.

See also: spirit