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.

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Searching for economic options, apparel manufacturers in Turkey—who have been moving out of Istanbul in the last few years, cutting costs and finding ways to scale up—are scrambling for solutions in 2025. Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2025 The fire department moved out during the 1970s, and the space was remodeled in 1996, Pavlicek said. Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025 The friends later attended Francis Lewis High School together, but hadn’t seen each other in over five years, after Parmigiani moved out of the city. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025 The auditor’s report noted that between July 2019 and March 2023, the city reported that half of the 984 homeless people who moved out of its private-room shelters found housing. Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for move out 

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“Move out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20out. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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