move in
/ˌmuːv ˈɪn/ verb- To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment. · We move in to our new place in August.· Those two moved in together when they got engaged.
- To bring to a new place to live. · I moved my mom in when she got sick.
- To move closer. · The lions moved in for the kill.
- To attempt to take control (of something) forcibly. · Troops will move in if the civil unrest continues.· Regulatory officials may move in on the company soon.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, in.
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