Collocations withmove

These are words often used in combination withmove.

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bold move
This wide-ranging study makes a bold move in this direction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
decisive move
Modernisation must also mean a decisive move away from the old-fashioned confrontational methods of pay bargaining.
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finishing move
After an enemy has sustained several hits, a finishing move can be used on him/her.
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gradual move
The only remaining solution is to delay retirement either by increasing retirement ages or by increasing the opportunities for part-time work and a more gradual move towards full retirement.
From theCambridge English Corpus
precautionary move
No doubt that is no more than a precautionary move.
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signature move
The other vehicles in this category can all ram, but do most damage when they use their signature move.
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smart move
I thought that that was a smart move.
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strategic move
But it was in the expropriation of young women's cultural image as the symbol of the motherly state where administrative reformers made perhaps their most important strategic move.
From theCambridge English Corpus
sudden move
My belief is not in any spectacular sudden move.
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tactical move
That is purely a tactical move.
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unprecedented move
Romanticism was a somewhat early but not unprecedented move.
From theCambridge English Corpus
unusual move
In 1999, the band made an unusual move.
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wise move
Is this a wise move?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
wrestling move
In 1999, he suffered a dissected aorta while demonstrating a wrestling move to a heavyweight student.
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wrong move
It is not necessarily a wrong move.
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