make a move

make a move
1) отправляться, двинуться, тронуться с места; переезжать; вставать (из-за стола)

Lady Scapegrace... "made the move", at which we all sailed away to tea and coffee in the drawing-room. (G. Whyte-Melville, ‘Kate Coventry’, ch. XX) — Леди Скейпгрейс... встала из-за стола, и все мы отправились в гостиную пить чай и кофе.

Last year they made a move from Brighton to Sydenham. (CDEI) — В прошлом году они переехали из Брайтона в Сиденхем.

2) сделать первый шаг (тж. make the first move)

Matt's own pride, plus a conviction that a parent should not have to make the first move kept him from calling her. (A. Hailey, ‘Wheels’, ch. 26) — чувство собственного достоинства, убеждение, что родитель не должен делать первого шага к примирению, удержали Мэта от звонка Барбаре.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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