move to
idiom
1
: to cause (someone) to feel (an emotion and especially sadness or sympathy)
He's not easily moved to anger.
2
: to cause (someone) to act or think in a specified way
The report moved me to change my mind.
His arguments moved them to reconsider the plan.
I felt moved to speak.
Examples of move to in a Sentence
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Epstein has resisted the obvious move to monetize it.
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Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The on-court action has been nothing short of electric, but as always, the conversation inevitably shifts to how teams can make the next move to separate themselves from the pack.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But after the offense scored just one goal against Uxbridge, Quinn and the coaching staff made the move to push Schneider – one of the Porkers’ best finishers – back up to her familiar center-forward position against Canton, along with a couple of other changes.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
The emergency center had originally opened in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant in 2006, but was forced to move to Turgeau in 2021 for security reasons.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The on-court action has been nothing short of electric, but as always, the conversation inevitably shifts to how teams can make the next move to separate themselves from the pack.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But after the offense scored just one goal against Uxbridge, Quinn and the coaching staff made the move to push Schneider – one of the Porkers’ best finishers – back up to her familiar center-forward position against Canton, along with a couple of other changes.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
The emergency center had originally opened in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant in 2006, but was forced to move to Turgeau in 2021 for security reasons.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Move to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20to. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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