Move out
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Definition
To leave the home where you live and take your things to live somewhere else
Example sentence
My roommate is moving out at the end of the month.
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
Common pattern: move out of + place (noun)
move out of an apartment
move out of your parents' house
move out on your own
move out by (date)
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
She moved out of her parents' house at twenty. ✅ (Correct)
She moved her parents' house out of at twenty. ❌ (Incorrect — "move out of" stays together, before the object)