move out

phrasal verb

moved out; moving out; moves out
: to leave one's house, apartment, etc., and go to live somewhere else
He was 20 when he moved out of his parents' house.
Her lease ends next month, so she'll have to move out (of her apartment) soon.

Examples of move out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everyone's favorite gunshot victim, Dorian, is on day fifty-one in the hospital and moving out of the ICU. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 10 May 2024 By 2022, too, Hurt had dementia, and the couple were forced to move out of their beloved home in Putnam County and into Coterie. Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024 In the late '90s, the pair went their separate ways, and Buddy moved out of their family home. Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024 But the order is supposed to be: decide to separate, move out, divorce, new relationship. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for months said civilians in Rafah would be moved out before any attack. Galit Altstein, TIME, 6 May 2024 Most of the Calusa homeowners who took the money have moved out. Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024 But again, with a big incursion, people in the south will have to move out and go away, toward the middle. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 Nicholas Hernandez, 22, an ASU political science and transborder studies major, said his family recently moved out of their four-bedroom west Phoenix home because the rent kept increasing. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024

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“Move out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20out. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

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