movesomeone/somethingin
phrasal verbwithmoveverbuk/muːv/us/muːv/
If thepolice,army, or anygroupofpeopleinauthoritymovein, or if someonemovesthem in, they takecontrolorattack, inordertodealwith adifficultordangeroussituation:
When acompanygoes out ofbusiness,officialsusuallymovein to takecontrol.
Thedecisionhas been made tomoveUNtroopsin totryandstopthefighting.
Attacking & invading
- aggressor
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- besiege
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- false flag
- foray
- going-over
- hard power
- hit and run
- incursion
- kamikaze
- privateer
- raid
- reconquer
- reconquest
- reducer
- relieve