move off
English
Verb
move off (third-person singular simple present moves off, present participle moving off, simple past and past participle moved off)
- (of a vehicle) To start moving.
- 1964 May, “Automation in the cab—latest SNCF developments”, in Modern Railways, page 336:
- When the large handwheel seen in the illustration of a 68000 class cab is moved from "stop" to "run", the traction circuit contactors are closed and the locomotive moves off with the diesel engine running at idling speed.
References
- “move off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.