move offsomething/on (tosomething)
phrasal verbwithmoveverbuk/muːv/us/muːv/
C1
tochangefrom onesubjectto another whentalkingor writing:
Let'smoveoff thissubjectnow, allright?
Can wemoveontothe nextitemfordiscussion,please?
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- obfuscate
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil