Make A Move Meaning

(often followed by on) To initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest.

Example: 2000, Carola Dunn, Rattle His Bones (2011 Macmillan ed.), ISBN 9781429924238, p. 173 (Google preview):
  â€œWe'll give you a lift, darling,” Lady Genevieve said languidly, rising. “It's time we made a move.”
2006, Roberta Kray, The Debt (2011 paperback ed.), ISBN 9781780333694, (Google preview):
  "Do you want to stay for another or shall we make a move?"
  He looks at his watch. "Yeah, let's go."
2009, Dan Katz, Dave the Detective: Book #2 Identity Crisis, ISBN 9781445200095, p. 150 (Google preview):
  â€œShould we make a move?” she asked over the music. “We could find a place to dance. or we could go back to our place.”
2007, Anita Hamilton, "50 Best Websites 2008: Howcast," Time (retrieved 13 July 2014):
  [T]he video how-to site Howcast . . . breaks from its more staid counterparts, such as Expert Village and eHow, by injecting a necessary dose of humor. Come here to learn "how to make a move on a girl while watching a movie on a couch".

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